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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

A Wrinkle In Time Movie Review: Lazy Writing Sinks any Potential for Greatness

A Wrinkle In Time Movie Review: Lazy Writing Sinks any Potential for Greatness

By Andrea Thompson

In Disney’s A Wrinkle In Time, it is not freedom, science, religion, or the great battle between good and evil that is really important. No, it’s the self esteem of the main protagonist Meg (Storm Reid). A strange choice since the book it’s based on is about a journey through time and space that effortlessly fuses science, religion, and art. It seems Disney doesn’t exactly know how to tell a story where the girl is not the one with a destiny and special powers. Rather, it is her brother, Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) who is gifted and thus desired by the forces of evil.

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