Be a warrior.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine, Gugu Mbatha-Raw |
| Director |
Ava DuVernay |
| Screenplay | Jennifer Lee, Jeff Stockwell, from the novel by Madeleine L'Engle |
| Music | Ramin Djawadi |
| Cinematography | Tobias A. Schliessler |
| Editing | Spencer Averick |
| Sound formats | Dolby Atmos |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Walt Disney Pictures, Whitaker Entertainment |
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| Genre | Fantasy drama |
| Language | None |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Low impact, infrequent (fantastical, no blood-letting but could be disturbing to the younger viewers). |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | The family fantasy, magical and light-hearted themes presented in an adventure context are carried in the film exploring issues of love, family, magic, bravery, heroism, friendship, teamwork, jealousy, good versus evil, teamwork, overcoming fear, self belief, trust and re-union. The themes carry a low sense of threat and menace which could potentially lead to the arousal of fear to the younger viewers. However, the themes do not have the potential of being morally harmful to the younger viewers as they are of a fantastical nature and they treated in ways that would be within their tolerance levels. The overall positive themes mitigate the negative themes such as fear, deceit and self-doubt. Therefore, a PG rating would be suitable as parental guidance would provide reassurance and assist further in explaining the context. |
| These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines. | |
| PG: Parental Guidance Suggested | Rated PG for thematic elements and some peril. |
| Runtime | 109 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 10 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Jamal-Dean Grootboom  A lot of wrinkles need ironing out. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Petrus Malherbe Oprah-fliek laat jou voorkop op plooi trek. | 5 | |
| Cape Times Ann Hornaday An enjoyable fantasy. | 10 |  |
| 24.com Leandra Engelbrecht A Wrinkle in Time is probably the most disappointing film of the year for me. | 5 | |
| Metacritic.com 50 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 240 critics | 10 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A Wrinkle in Time is visually gorgeous, big-hearted, and occasionally quite moving; unfortunately, it’s also wildly ambitious to a fault, and often less than the sum of its classic parts. | 8 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 11 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen Inclusive but imperfect take on classic story of hope, love. | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 135 users | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 6756 users | 7 | |
| IMDB 12175 Netizens | 8 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 10 | |
Average .. 42% | 8 | |