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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

  • 2023
  • PG-13
  • 1h 46m
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7.8/10
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Abby Ryder Fortson in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
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When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

  • Director
    • Kelly Fremon Craig
  • Writers
    • Kelly Fremon Craig
    • Judy Blume
  • Stars
    • Abby Ryder Fortson
    • Rachel McAdams
    • Kathy Bates
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    155
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    • Director
      • Kelly Fremon Craig
    • Writers
      • Kelly Fremon Craig
      • Judy Blume
    • Stars
      • Abby Ryder Fortson
      • Rachel McAdams
      • Kathy Bates
    • 47User reviews
    • 82Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Rachel McAdams and Abby Ryder Fortson in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
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    Abby Ryder Fortson
    Abby Ryder Fortson
    • Margaret Simon
    Rachel McAdams
    Rachel McAdams
    • Barbara Simon
    Kathy Bates
    Kathy Bates
    • Sylvia Simon
    Benny Safdie
    Benny Safdie
    • Herb Simon
    Elle Graham
    Elle Graham
    • Nancy Wheeler
    Amari Alexis Price
    Amari Alexis Price
    • Janie Loomis
    • (as Amari Price)
    Katherine Mallen Kupferer
    Katherine Mallen Kupferer
    • Gretchen Potter
    • (as Katherine Kupferer)
    Kate MacCluggage
    Kate MacCluggage
    • Mrs. Jan Wheeler
    Aidan Wojtak-Hissong
    Aidan Wojtak-Hissong
    • Moose Freed
    Landon S. Baxter
    Landon S. Baxter
    • Evan Wheeler
    • (as Landon Baxter)
    Mackenzie Joy Potter
    • Mamma Bunny
    Olivia Williams
    Olivia Williams
    • Witch
    • (as Olivia Frances Williams)
    Mike Platarote Jr.
    • Guy in Car
    • (as Michael Platarote)
    Echo Kellum
    Echo Kellum
    • Mr. Benedict
    Simms May
    Simms May
    • Norman Fisher
    Zack Brooks
    Zack Brooks
    • Philip Leroy
    • (as Zackary Brooks)
    Jecobi Swain
    Jecobi Swain
    • Freddy Barnett
    • (as JeCobi Swain)
    Isol Young
    Isol Young
    • Laura Danker
    • Director
      • Kelly Fremon Craig
    • Writers
      • Kelly Fremon Craig
      • Judy Blume
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    • Trivia
      First published in 1970, the novel Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume is considered a children's classic. It has never been out of print since its initial publication. In 2010, Time Magazine put it on a list of the 100 best novels published since 1923, and in 2012 it made Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Books for Kids. However, starting almost from its first publication, it has long also been one of the most challenged and banned books in America: parents, administrators, and politicians have often tried to get the book removed from school libraries and reading lists both because of its honest examination of puberty and menstruation and because it depicts a girl who is given the freedom to decide for herself what religion she is interested in adhering to.
    • Goofs
      In the synagogue scene, they are using the (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly's Siddur Lev Shalem prayer book. It was published in 2016. The cantor is a woman but females weren't ordained as cantors until 1975 for Reform and 1987 for Conservative.
    • Quotes

      Margaret: We must, we must, we must increase our bust!

    • Alternate versions
      The version of the film shown at advanced screenings featured a "Margaret Moments" segment prior to the film playing, which features women recounting their memories which are relatable to the characters/situations of the original book. Marge Simpson appears during this segment, likely because James L. Brooks/Gracie Films produced the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in 60 Minutes: Prince Harry/A Hans Zimmer Score (2023)
    • Soundtracks
      What is Life?
      Written by George Harrison

      Performed by George Harrison

    User reviews47

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    8/10
    Lovely, funny, about what's important in life for young girls and societal expectations in groups
    At least marginally better than "Are You There, God? It's me, Jonah Hill. From Moneyball."

    Succinctly and pleasantly low stakes; there isn't any high-great drama, until the last twenty minutes, but the tone is consistent and manages to get deep about Faith, or really the absence of it, or how hard it can be for a young person to comprehend how, as Margaret ultimately puts it in the assignment to the teacher, religion makes people fight all the time.

    For the most part, this is a story that is a School Year in the Life abd it's perfectly content to be about things like, oh, how you're fitting in with a new group of friends (some more agreeable than others), which boys are cute or not, and yet it's actually about something deeper due to the comparison the film makes between Margaret with Nancy and Margaret's Mom with the PTA (led by... Nancy's Mom): a Group isn't inherently a bad thing, but when there's one person asking or really demanding for this and that with pressures it can add to the already-there pressure of life in Suburbia.

    Abby Ryder Fortson is so appealing and wonderful in the lead part, where your heart always goes out to her and she is funny and sympathetic and sometimes awkward in that way an 11 to 12 year old is at that time. The film maybe wraps everything up a little too tidy by the end for me, but it's hard to make a fuss when what is all wrapped up is all just, well, "will I finally talk to Moose who mows the lawn, or will "It" happen in the bathroom?" I never read the book, but it feels like it probably managed to bring everything in adaptation that was necessary (though I wonder if things between Margaret and Nancy came more to a head in the book than here, where things just kind of leave off on a silent understanding of a lie).

    If it doesn't reach quite the heights of the director's previous movie, Edge of Seventeen, it's still never less than entertaining, amusing is not always funny (ok the dinner scene with both sides of the families is funny), and it's impressive that this can be in theaters as something for families to see that isn't the more soulless IP or candy-coated fast food.
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    • Release date
      • April 28, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Ти тут, Боже? Це я, Марґарет
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Gracie Films
      • Lionsgate
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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $20,134,541
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,739,037
      • Apr 30, 2023
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,541,755
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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