Disney’s brand new film A Wrinkle in Time is set for release next week and today we were invited by Disney to an exclusive screening – both Boo and I had already seen the trailer and were pretty excited, but did it live up to the hype?
Wrinkle in Time tells the story of Meg Murry (Storm Reid) and her little brother, Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe), who have been without their scientist father, Dr. Alex Murry (Chris Pine), for five years, ever since he travelled across time and dimension using the concept known as a tesseract to travel there. Joined by Meg’s classmate Calvin O’Keefe (Levi Miller) and guided by the three mysterious astral travelers known as Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), Mrs. Who (Mindy Paling) and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), the children brave a dangerous journey to a planet that possesses all of the evil in the universe.
Boo was transfixed and didn’t move a muscle throughout the movie, I on the other hand was teary eyed within a few minutes (to give you context I bawl my eyes out each and every time I watch Inside Out) thanks to Dr. Murry (Pine) with the line ‘Love is always there, even if you don’t feel it’. The tears continued – in a good way. Whilst the journey itself is full of adventure, the story is more about the journey that Meg, Charles Wallace and Calvin make within themselves and how they discover their own way to be a warrior.
The diversity of both cast and production team is beautifully obvious and is great to see coming from Disney. Most prominently is the films’ director Ava DuVernay who became the first black woman to direct a live-action film with a budget of over $100 million; it’s these way over due milestones that will help change the social narrative for our children.
It was wonderful to see Boo so inspired by women in film and this snap of her as we came out the cinema reminds me just how much of a warrior she is.
Both Boo and I absolutely loved A Wrinkle In Time – it’s a modern Disney classic and more, it’s a film that I would honestly sit and watch both with Boo and without and as we sat and had lunch afterwards, it was great to sit and talk about the topics that the film had raised – like how all the amazing flaws within each and every one of us allows us to be a warrior.
If you need any more convincing check out our first reaction after we watched the A Wrinkle In Time…
Wrinkle In Time is in cinemas nationwide 23rd March.
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