![]() ![]() Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie are exceptionally likable as Fortson’s upwardly-mobile parents, who face challenges of their own.īut likability in itself is not the goal or the achievement here. Although we spend time with her classmates and newly-minted friends as well as her parents and grandmother (played with brio by Kathy Bates), it is Fortson who shoulders the responsibility for maintaining our interest and ability to relate. Somehow, this conceit plays easily and never seems forced or unnatural. ![]() ![]() What’s more, she has cast it with a keen eye I daresay there isn’t a false note in the entire film.Īnother newcomer, Abby Ryder Fortson, plays the heroine, who shares her candid thoughts about the challenges of oncoming puberty with God-and us in the audience. Relative newcomer Kelly Fremon Craig, with only one feature film under her belt ( The Edge of Seventeen), has crafted this adaptation of the book with fidelity and tender loving care. Several generations of girls will attest to the impact and resonance of Judy Blume’s perennially popular young-adult novel of the same name. As a critic, I hesitate to use the word “perfect” but it is the first adjective that comes to mind as I compose this review of Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. ![]()
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