A Wrinkle in Time

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A Wrinkle in Time

PG

2018

1h 49m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Sci-Fi

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Meg Murry and her little brother, Charles Wallace, have been without their scientist father, Mr. Murry, for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Joined by Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe and guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.

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Critics Consensus

A Wrinkle in Time is visually gorgeous, big-hearted, and occasionally quite moving; unfortunately, it's also wildly ambitious to a fault, and often less than the sum of its classic parts.

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Jenn Jackson

Bitch Media

The fantastic journey through space and time was as engaging visually as it was narratively.

Mar 5, 2021

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Caryn James

BBC.com

The film's themes of love, family and self-acceptance are powerful enough to resonate with audiences. But the concept and casting shouldn't be the most magical parts of a fantasy film, no matter how enchanting its message is.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 26, 2018

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

What DuVernay has delivered is essentially a feature-length screensaver which operates on the assumption that cinema for children is a matter of bright colours and dippy sentiment.

Mar 29, 2018

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Caroline Cao

Vague Visages

A Wrinkle in Time is for kids, and I mean 'made for kids' in the supportive definition rather than the usual lazy and disparaging connotation that's carelessly applied to more lukewarm family films.

Dec 14, 2023

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

The visually impressive adventure saga gets bogged down in corny dialogue.

Dec 8, 2022

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

This colossal springboard from the family film of teen issues to the epic intergalactic adventure "A Wrinkle in Time" desires to be is more than a little haphazard.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 26, 2022

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Emily C

Not a fan. Honestly my son and I got bored with it and wanted to turn it off. The only reason we finished it was it was my husband's pick for movie night

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/19/25

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JACOB B.

A wrinkle in time it's not a good disney movie but a wrinkle in time is a good okay Disney movie like it doesn't follows the book but it doesn't have the two boys because in the book Meg's has two younger brothers Sandy and Dennys Murry and her little brothers Charles Wallace and her mom who is trying to take care of Meg's and Sandy and Dennys Murry and Charles Wallace who father went missing and Meg's and Charles Wallace are join by Calvin O'Keefe a popular and athletic classmate of Meg Murry who join Meg's and Charles Wallace search for their father with the help from Mrs. Whatsit Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which who are the three sister stars who tell Meg's that her father is trapped in something called Camazotz or the Black Thing or It that is darknass that can control the inhabitants of planets it has taken over, like Camazotz, where free will is suppressed and people act in unison so Meg's must stop Camazotz and rescue her father from it but on her way she find out they her brother Charles Wallace was manipulating by it causing Meg's to save her brother at the end Meg's and Charles Wallace and Calvin O'Keefe and their father go back home

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/25

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Davene J

The original was much better. Far superior character development getting into the story. You'd think Disney would do it better spending all that money or wasting it actually on big salaries. If Disney really cared about kids they do something about the suffering children. Disney sucks. So don't waste your money on this just cause Mindy is in it. Its not a good as the original. AND they pretty much mailed it in they did much better in the original. Well Chris Pine was believable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/25/25

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Tiago L

I honestly thought the acting was fine, the effects were good as well. However, it didn’t really capture the “out of this world” feel. Most importantly, the story was all over the place with so many plotholes.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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Emma F

A Wrinkle in Time is a visual feast, full of love and heart, but it’s also incredibly ambitious and sometimes falls short.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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Torri M

I was expecting so much more… I love the book series and even the older movie version of the story was better done. So disappointed!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

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Synopsis

Meg Murry and her little brother, Charles Wallace, have been without their scientist father, Mr. Murry, for five years, ever since he discovered a new planet and used the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Joined by Meg's classmate Calvin O'Keefe and guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.

Director: Ava DuVernay
Producer: James Whitaker, Catherine Hand
Screenwriter: Jennifer Lee
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Whitaker Entertainment
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Some Peril)
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 9, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 24, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $100.5M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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