‘Wrinkle In Time’ Is Getting Panned By Critics, And Director Ava DuVernay Is Not Taking It WellDuVernay is blaming white men who she thinks just don't get it for poor reviews of the movie that are giving it a poor score on sites like Rotten Tomatoes.
By Ellie Bufkin
March 14, 2018
Critics are largely panning “A Wrinkle In Time,†and Director Ava DuVernay is not taking it well. According to her twitter feed, white journalists of either gender simply don’t understand her vision for the movie.
Vulture editor Kyle Buchanan pleased DuVernay, when he said in a tweet “one of the most subtle, resonant†threads in the film that he discovered after interviewing her was … the character Meg’s insecurity about her hair. Reminder: This is a film based on a Christian-inspired book about an epic battle between darkness and light. But according to DuVernay, Buchanan nailed it. ...
The movie over-used special effects, and skipped so much of the source material that people had a hard time following the story. DuVernay is firmly planted in the belief that she is leading a crusade for young girls, especially young girls of color, by having made a movie full of hope and strong female characters. She did try to make this work, but by skipping the story of faith and God so very prevalent in Madeline L’Engle’s novel, she failed to create a cohesive narrative and the message didn’t land for most people. ...
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