A Wrinkle in Time

Last night I watched the TV movie adaptation of one of my favorite books of all time, A Wrinkle in Time. It was a pretty good adaptation, although nothing like I imagined when I read it. They updated it to current day, and peppered in some modern references: the mom looking up "tesseract" online, Charles Wallace and Calvin watching a video of the dad, Meg saying she knew what CDs and video games Charles Wallace liked, etc. The acting was pretty well done (although I was shocked to see Kyle Secor from Homicide in it). I thought the ending corny - they added some moments of extreme cheesiness. The movie was 3 hours long (with ads), and I think without the worst scene, it would have been 2 hours and 45 minutes. I wish the ending had stayed more faithful to the book. There were other factors I didn't appreciate much, but overall, it wasn't bad. I'm glad I got to see it, and I really hope it encourages people to check out the book.
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