Box Office
Underperformed · 1.3xBudget$103M
Worldwide Gross$132.7M
A Wrinkle in Time earns its 7/10 woke score through deliberate casting and directorial choices that prioritize modern representation over fidelity to the 1962 book. Skip it if you want the original story instead of agenda-driven updates.
A Wrinkle in Time earns a 7 due to deliberate, prominent progressive casting and directorial choices that prioritize representation over fidelity to the 1962 source material.
Director Ava DuVernay cast Black actress Storm Reid as Meg Murry—the central protagonist—explicitly stating her intent to feature 'a little black girl fly through the universe' and put 'images of girls of color on screen' that she had not seen before. The three celestial guides were recast as a deliberate racial trio: Oprah Winfrey (Black) as Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon (white) as Mrs. Whatsit, and Mindy Kaling (Indian-American) as Mrs. Who, with DuVernay confirming she wanted 'one African American, one Caucasian, and then ... another cultural background.' Meg's mother is played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in an interracial family setup absent from the book.
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