Rating: TVPG
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 11/16/2004
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 128 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Dimension
A pair of misfit siblings travel across time and space to save their father from enslavement in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic
children's novel by
Madeleine L'Engle.
Meg Murry (
Katie Stuart), a tomboy who fits in with neither the kids nor the teachers at her New England middle school, feels bereft when her scientist father vanishes, leading to unsavory speculation from small-town gossips. But thanks to
Charles Wallace (
David Dorfman), her gifted but idiosyncratic younger brother,
Meg befriends
Mrs. Who (
Alison Elliott),
Mrs. Whatsit (
Alfre Woodard), and
Mrs. Which (
Kate Nelligan) -- three cosmic beings who lead
Meg,
Charles Wallace, and their friend
Calvin O'Keefe (
Gregory Smith) on a journey to the sinister planet Camazotz, where
Dr. Murry (
Chris Potter) has been captured by the coercive power known as IT. Afflicted by hubris and naïveté, young
Charles Wallace falls under IT's thrall, forcing
Meg,
Calvin, and their allies on a dangerous flight across time and space. But thanks to the healing touch of a kindly monster known as
Aunt Beast (
Ellen Dubin),
Meg is able to face her own insecurities and attempt a final rescue of her loved ones. Originally broadcast May 10, 2004, on
ABC,
A Wrinkle in Time was released as an installment of the long-running
Wonderful World of Disney.
~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
