A Wrinkle in Time is a television film based on the childrens fantasy novel of the same name by Madeleine LEngle.
Meg Murry is having a difficult time. Her father, astrophysicist Dr. Jack Murry, has mysteriously disappeared. Her youngest brother, Charles Wallace, a genius, is teased and belittled and thought to be stupid because he does not talk to anyone but family. Meg does not get along with her peers, teachers, her 10yearold twin brothers, or even with herself.Into this unhappy situation comes a stranger, the mysterious, weirdly dressed Mrs Whatsit, and her friends Mrs Who and Mrs Which. They take Meg, Charles Wallace and their new friend Calvin OKeefe via tesseract to other planets, preparing the children for a mission to rescue Dr. Murry from the malevolent IT on the planet Camazotz. Along the way they ride on the back of a beautiful winged creature the transformed Mrs Whatsit, learn about the shadow of tangible evil known as the Black Thing, and visit the Happy Medium. ........
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