Director:<\/strong> Ava DuVernay (Selma<\/em>)<\/p>\n Stars:<\/strong> The kids are played by kids you don’t know. The adult stars include Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, and Mindy Kaling as the fabulously dressed Space Ladies, Chris Pine as Beardy Science Dad, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Mom Who’s Mostly Not In It.<\/p>\n Buzz:<\/strong> Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 novel is one of the most beloved young adult books ever published not to have already been turned into a theatrical film, so the stakes are high. DuVernay is the first woman of color ever to direct a movie with a budget of more than $100 million (and only the second woman total, after Patty Jenkins and Wonder Woman<\/em>), so the stakes are even higher. Because you just know if it flops Hollywood will be like, “Well, we tried to let a girl do it and it didn’t work,” and then give some mediocre white dude his eighth or ninth second chance. Anyway, the reviews so far are middling: 44% positive at Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> (average score: 5.3\/10), 52\/100 at Metacritic<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/crookedmarquee.com\/stage8\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wrinkle-in-time-movie-review-oprah-read-f6dd0a96-6541-4ddb-820d-f3a5577aa053.jpg\")
<\/a>Plot:<\/strong> A teenage girl, her genius little brother, and her friend travel through space and time to rescue the kids’ scientist father from an evil planet, a mission which obviously requires the assistance of Oprah Winfrey.<\/p>\n