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52 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeAwash in bold colors, bright patterns and ebullient kids, director Ava DuVernay’s new take on A Wrinkle in Time dazzles its way across time and space even if it doesn’t quite stick the landing.
- 67IGNIGNA Wrinkle in Time is ambitious, hopeful, and imaginative, but it’s also messy, overwrought, and oddly paced.
- 58IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIt almost doesn’t matter that the movie is too emotionally prescriptive to have any real power, or too high on imagination to leave any room for wonder; DuVernay evinces such faith in who she is and what she’s doing that “A Wrinkle in Time” remains true to itself even when everything on screen reads false.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyOnly the faintest glimmers of genuine, earned emotion pierce through the layers of intense calculation that encumber Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.
- 50VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeA Wrinkle in Time is wildly uneven, weirdly suspenseless, and tonally all over the place, relying on wall-to-wall music to supply the missing emotional connection and trowel over huge plot holes.
- 50Slant MagazineJake ColeSlant MagazineJake ColeThe film may involve the instant movement among unfathomable distances and the shattered limits of space and time, but it’s only Storm Reid's character who feels multidimensional.
- 42Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDuVernay finds herself in the unenviable position of being both the right and wrong person for an important job. A Wrinkle in Time is gratifying for what it is, a step forward for creative women of color, and so disappointing for what it turns out to be.
- 40The GuardianThe GuardianThe film is tentative and over-protective, as though it’s terrified that a story empowering kids to help good battle evil could give someone a nightmare. It reduces the whole universe to one girl’s self-esteem.
- 40ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerIt’s honestly a little baffling how so many good choices could produce something so frustrating.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreWhich is a big build-up to essentially saying, “This movie’s a stiff.”