A Wrinkle in Time (2018): Film vs Book
Film · 2018 · Directed by Ava DuVernay · Starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon
About the film
A girl searches the universe with her little brother and two new friends for her father, who vanished while studying how to travel across space.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookThe film brightens the book into a colourful quest with a message of self-belief and changes many characters and scenes. The author's quieter ideas about science, love and fear get less room.
Read or watch first?
The book is stranger and more thoughtful, and it is the place to meet the original ideas.
What the book gives you
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
A sense of wonder and a brave heroine who finds that love and being yourself are real strengths. It lifts your imagination.
Who will like it: Readers who like gentle science fiction about love, courage and traveling across the universe.