What to know before you watch ( A Wrinkle in Time Discussion Questions and review)
Movie: A Wrinkle In Time
Rating: PG
Rating Suggestion: Our suggestion would be a mature 8+ for this movie- there are a lot of intense scenes. Trigger warning: Dad disappears without a trace.
Running Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
Release Date: March 9th, 2018
Themes: Light, Darkness, Perfection, Family, Love, Time and Space
Summary: Follow Meg on her adventure to discover the power she has within while she journeys across the universe to find her father.
*Minimal Spoilers*
A Wrinkle in Time Discussion Questions:
- How do you respond to bullies? Why did Charles Wallace have a better response than Meg?
- Is it easy for you to believe in the seemingly impossible and use your imagination?
- Would you want to be the perfect version of yourself?
- Who was your favorite of the three guides and why?
- If you had to give someone a gift for their journey around the universe, what would it be?
- Are there questions you aren’t asking or things you are not doing because you are afraid of the answer or outcome?
- What did Meg tap into at the end that helped her save her little brother and the universe?
You can get A Wrinkle in Time now! If you are interested in reading the book this movie is based one, you can get that here.
Thoughts from the Elf:
-This is a movie you are going to want to go see with your pre-teens and teens! The main character has to battle not only bullies, but her view of herself to find her way. A wonderful reminder for us all that our imperfect self is worthy and loveable.
-It makes me sad that the movie has gotten a lot of flack for not being enough like the book and for getting rid of the explicit Christian themes. I saw God in this movie in so many ways. God is love and light after all. To me it was overtly Christian whether it wanted to be or not. And every book to movie adaptation is going to be a little different than the book.
-I thought that every character was very well cast. The imagery was beautiful. It was a beautiful movie and I will definitely be watching it again.
-Go let your light shine and be a warrior!
Thoughts from the Ent:
– Overall, I very much enjoyed this movie. I understand that many people have disliked this movie due to the fact that it doesn’t measure up to the book. I have not read the book, so perhaps it was easier for me to look past that and see it for what it is at its core: a good movie.
-Spoiler-ish alert: Throughout the movie, our main character, Meg Murry, is struggling with self-identity (and who didn’t as a preteen/teen). At one of the more poignant moments in the movie, Meg comes face to face with the “perfect” version of herself. Rather than giving into this idea, she literally kills this idea of perfection and accepts herself, flaws and all.
-Aesthetically, this movie is quite a wild journey through many different sceneries. I thoroughly enjoyed the underlying theme of this. The movie deals with the universe as a whole and that although the universe can seem chaotic, when looked at as a whole, it is something quite beautiful that tells a grand story.
-It was cool to see Zach Galifianakis and Mindy Kaling in roles that were not comedic.
We highly recommend this movie 🙂 If you are interested in watching it, you can get it below!
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