In 4th grade we had to read the book and watch the movie. I thought the book was good, but I didn't really like the movie. I don't remember a lot about this movie, but I remember it having bad effects and bad acting. Its not as good as the book, and they added in a load of nonsense. This movie isn't really worth watching unless you want to compare it to the book or the remake.

So I saw this movie in school and it sucked. All I heard was laughing from my classmates. My friend and I were just trashing this movie the whole time. First off this movie makes no sense. You start off with a family with a single mom, old daughter, the somehow smart son, and the two twins that you see for 5 seconds. Then there is the dad that is in trouble for no reason and the random boy that the girl likes. I'll give you 5 reasons why this movie sucks. #5: The acting. The acting was awful. The smart kid especially. I couldn't even watch it, thats how awful it was. They couldn't act for there life. The script did not help either. That's #4: The script had terrible dialogue and made no sense. There is no reason of why the kid is so smart. Then there is the weird town that also makes no sense either. #3: Special effects. This might be a made for TV movie but this is just so sad. I saw better special effects from movies in the 1950's. From the stupid horse lady to the teleporting stuff. It looked terrible and it was just so sad. The crew probably didn't even try to make it look good. #2: The Characters: Here we go. I did not feel any sympathy for any of these characters they were just awful. Some just pop up like a punch to the face. One of the creepiest characters was the lady that looked like Chewbaccas sister. Others just are plan old stupid. #1 The Plot. There pretty much is no plot, or it is too stupid to exist. Literally the plot is that there is a smart kid that tries to take down an evil bad guy that has no back story. This movie sucked and thats all I have too say. Thank you for reading this review and don't watch this movie it sucks.

This movie is quite possibly the most atrocious book-to-film adaptation I've ever seen.A few decades too late, I finally got around to reading A Wrinkle in Time. It was beautiful. So magical, so moving, so touching, so brilliant. And because it was on Netflix, I decided to give it a watch not even an hour after I finished reading the book. What a horrible decision I'd made. I mean, if you're reading this, take this as a sign of God to not watch the movie. Stay away. Away, away, AWAY. It will ruin everything for you. I don't know who in the hell thought it was a good idea to put things in this sad excuse of a movie that never happened in the book. Things were taken out of order. Not even the decade is the same! I'm so upset I could cry.You have been warned. This movie is nearly nothing like the book. Watch something else. I need to binge watch The Office now to forget I ever watched this garbage.

I've never any of the "A Wrinkle in Time" books, though they are on my "To read" list, and still this movie felt homogenized/cleaned up to me. The acting was rather good (Alfre Woodard and her wig were pretty fabulous) and the SFX were as expected for what is essentially a TV movie. But the whole thing just seemed OFF. It seemed as though remnants of scenes and plot points were all over the place, orphaned by the need to create a mass appeal movie. Of course the good thing is I want to read the book sooner, rather than later! So, watch the movie, it's a good bit of fluff. Kids may go glassy eyed at the "love" stuff and philosophizing, but it's good family fare.Still, READ THE BOOK!