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What’s the deal with super stylish space fantasy A Wrinkle in Time?

Why Disney’s new blockbuster isn’t your average family adventure.

With an amazing cast (hiya OPRAH), Frozen’s Jennifer Lee penning the script and Ava DuVernay directing, A Wrinkle in Time looks pretty special… but what is it, exactly?

IT???S BASED ON A BESTSELLING BOOK

US novelist Madeleine L???Engle was in her 40s and had vowed to give up writing when, in 1959, an idea entered her head and refused to leave. Dozens of publishers turned A Wrinkle in Time down, unsure whether it was a coming-of-age novel, a feminist fable, a space odyssey or a beginner???s guide to quantum physics. Since finally emerging in 1962 and revealing itself to be all of the above, it???s sold more than 8 million copies.
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‘SCIENCE FANTASY’ IS YOUR NEW FAVOURITE GENRE

If it can be categorised, the story of stubborn, awkward Meg Murry’s search for her astrophysicist father is “science fantasy”. Maths-whiz Meg is guided by celestial travellers Mrs Which, Mrs Whatsit and Mrs Who to use the “tesseract”, a portal that warps time and space. It takes her to a planet where magical creatures roam, but where the way children bounce rubber balls in unison is a sign that something is wrong. Darkness and light are at war and, if love is to win, Meg must play her part.
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THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A GIRL-GEEK ICON

Meg’s robust brainpower has made her a guiding light for generations of smart girl-geeks. These days we’re used to fantasy heroines like Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games or Tris in Divergent, but for decades, Meg was out on her own. Now she’s a big screen icon. She’s earned it.
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IT’S COMPLETELY OUT OF THIS WORLD

A Wrinkle in Time has the imagination of Coco, the mind-expanding science of Arrival, the dad-lost-in-space sweep of Interstellar and the fabulous creations of a Pixar adventure. It feels like a film that’s perfect for 2018, but the story of love, kindness and courage is timeless.

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