Last Call: What did you all think of A Wrinkle In Time?

Last CallLast Call is The Takeout’s online watering hole where you can chat, share recipes, and use the comment section as an open thread. Here’s what we’ve been reading/watching/listening around the office today.  

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Over the weekend, I finished reading Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing, a beautiful heartache of a novel that I can’t recommend enough. I love Ward’s ability to overlay the real and the imagined until memory, place, and dream all collide. [Kate Bernot]

A Wrinkle In Time

What did you guys think of the new A Wrinkle In Time movie? I saw it and am conflicted. My husband wanted to know why that book resonated so much with women my age, and I told him, “Because of the brilliant young female protagonist, duh.” Brown hair, glasses, kinda awkward, short temper? Dude, I was Meg Murray. So I had a high level of expectation for the adaptation of a book I’ve loved for decades. There were parts I liked, especially Chris Pine, and I thought Camazotz was well-done. But did anyone else think the three Mrs. were just way too into themselves with their own awesomeness? I dunno. Maybe I have to see it again. But my daughter, who only read the book once, really liked it. So I would say, take a kid, they’ll probably love it. But you might have a hard time divorcing the movie from the book, if you’re a longtime A Wrinkle In Time admirer like myself. [Gwen Ihnat]