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*Critics have not been kind to Oprah Winfrey’s new movie “A Wrinkle In Time,” and according to Rotten Tomatoes, more than 100 reviews of the film were deemed “rotten.” Just 41% of reviewers gave the film a good rating.
“It’s hard to understand what went wrong — the cast couldn’t be more appealing, and the film is bursting with special effects. But as an emotionally satisfying experience, it’s a bust,” wrote critic Calvin Wilson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
“While I’m generally a sucker for imaginative art direction, the Technicolor gargle of overflorid hues on display here barely sticks to the screen, let alone to the memory,” said top critic Scott Marks of the San Diego Reader.
“The real letdown is that this ostensibly hip-and-with-it movie feels so square, especially when it comes to its trio of wise-women,” wrote Rafer Guzman of Newsday.
And yet another critic said: “The crushing flaw of A Wrinkle In Time: Almost every scene is so saturated with clumsily delivered ‘believe in yourself’ mantras that it becomes monotonous, meaningless and even creepy,” wrote Gary Dowell of Dark Horizons.
But director Ava DuVernay believes all this criticism simply boils down to racism. She singled out one white critic, Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan, who wrote about the “subtle, resonant” theme of the black main character’s insecurity over how her hair looks.
“You were the only Caucasian journalist of any gender to see it, understand it and seriously ask me about it. Appreciate the chat, the sensitivity and the writing,” the director tweeted (see below).
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You were the only Caucasian journalist of any gender to see it, understand it and seriously ask me about it. Appreciate the chat, the sensitivity and the writing. https://t.co/jEu0bkt3MV
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) March 12, 2018
But many black reviewers also ripped the film, proving racism played no role in the bad reviews it’s receiving.
Slate’s Aisha Harris said the movie “stumbles in its world building and can’t quite find its groove.”
Travis Hopson at Punch Drunk Critics said that “the film, for all of its wondrous visuals and good intentions, never takes off and soars the way we keep hoping it will.”
The Ringer’s K. Austin Collins wrote, “There’s a good movie in here somewhere, but it’s beset with too many obligations, and maybe too much in the way of expectations.”
And EURweb’s Ny MaGee noted that “The colorful fantasy feature certainly tickles the child-like imagination inside all of us, but it will leave you feeling like something is missing… and perhaps that something can be found in the pages of the book.”
Twitterverse was not here for DuVerney using the race card to explain why her film is getting dragged.
Peep some of their reactions below.
In related news, DuVernay is reportedly closing a deal with Warner Bros and DC to direct a big-budget screen adaptation of “The New Gods“, the creation of revered comic book artist Jack Kirby. This will be another $100M-plus film for Ms. Ava.
You were the only Caucasian journalist of any gender to see it, understand it and seriously ask me about it. Appreciate the chat, the sensitivity and the writing. https://t.co/jEu0bkt3MV
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) March 12, 2018
its amusing that while the biggest movie this year and one of the biggest movies of all time features an all black cast, including black woman in forefront that you cry racism here. maybe just maybe your movie sucked?
— Josh Santiamo (@soandso105) March 15, 2018
You were the only Caucasian journalist of any gender to see it, understand it and seriously ask me about it. Appreciate the chat, the sensitivity and the writing. https://t.co/jEu0bkt3MV
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) March 12, 2018
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