I didn't even want to see this to begin with. But I was dragged by people who only wanted to see if because Reese Witherspoon is in it. So to begin with.. the plot is not good. There hardly even is one. The special effects were mediocre but not horrible.. the characters were two dimensional and you can't really connect to them. I don't even understand the point of Calvinother than Meg's love interest. But WHY DOES SHE NEED A LOVE INTEREST. She is a child and while she may have a crush, there is no need for there to be a romantic storyline within this movie. Charles Wallace mentioned that he cane along for diplomacy, but where do we even see that come into play? Meg is just dragging him along the whole time. And on that topic, how does Charles Wallace know all of this stuff. Sure, he's a smart kid, but are we supposed to believe he's psychic or something? And he can just summon the universe? Also, why is the universe so concerned with them? Don't they have other things to spend their time on? So anyways.. the three Mrs show up and oprah's Character is like 20ft taller than everyone else.. why? Because she's oprah, that's why... and that cheapens the feel of the movie. We get it.. you're Oprah. So then they go to this magical land and find out what direction her dad went. So the Reese Witherspoon changes into some giant flying creature so they can go look for their father. But the director focused on the magic of flying and the fun of it that we lost the point of even being up there. There was literally no point to that entire scene other than to put in some "cool" special effects. They saw "the darkness" though. It's supposedly "pure evil." How pure of an evil can it really be in a PG Disney movie... huh? Anyways, they meet Zach galifinakis to help find their father. (Also, why wouldn't the Mrs be able to find him or help meg find him if they are literally the universe with a bunch of magical powers??) anywho.. galifinakis shows a vision of her dad discovering love is the frequency needed in order to terrasect. (If that's the case, how do people NOT terrasect). And that he went into the darkness. So suddenly the darkness is it's own planet? And Meg risks the lives of THE UNIVERSE in order to go into the darkness.. because that's a good idea. So she gets tested by the darkness and meg is the only one who can resist it.. what happened to Charles Wallace being the all-knowing leader of the group? He falls under the spell of the darkness almost immediately. And also, why was he already across the wall? Did it not fit their "love story" plot to have a young(er) child intervene? So now Charles Wallace is evil and suddenly has magical powers. But again.. how evil can he be in a Disney movie? Not very.. and that makes it laughable. So meg again passes more tests and finds her father. Who hasn't aged a day, his beard hasn't grown, and has survived in a small room with nothing? What did he eat? Where did he go to the bathroom? Then all of the sudden the darkness REALLY wants meg and just meg. (Again I wonder why such a powerful being would be so interested in these specific children) and meg gets tested some more. All of this just being a lesson to teach her to love herself, to have self esteem. And that's the cure. That's what strongly weakens the darkness. Again... why does the universe (light and dark) care SO MUCH about one little girl's self esteem. Then the three Mrs tell meg that she's the next "great person" in line with ghandi, Marie curie, and various others. Just because she knows basic physics, can figure out a puzzle, and loves herself??? Also, another thing I forgot to mention,; Mrs who can only speak in quotes because she's not strong enough to speak her own thoughts. Then when they are on the darkness' planet, she speaks her own words and oprah explains that it's because the planet is making her weak.... so how does that make sense????? Anyways. It was a horrible movie with tons of plot holes and a really bad plot line. The director focused more on the special affects and costumes than she did on a script, plot, or acting. But hey.. oprah is in it.
Review of A Wrinkle in Time
