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- 2023
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 46 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 46 m
Summary 11-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring g...
Directed By: Kelly Fremon Craig
Written By: Judy Blume, Kelly Fremon Craig
- 2023
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 46 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 46 m
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
7.7
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Summary 11-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring g...
Directed By: Kelly Fremon Craig
Written By: Judy Blume, Kelly Fremon Craig
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 49 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
47 Reviews
47 Reviews
4% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 49 Critic Reviews
84
96% Positive
47 Reviews
47 Reviews
4% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Trust Kelly Fremon Craig, the writer-director of The Edge of Seventeen, the best teen movie of the past decade, to translate Blume’s seminal novel into a funny, exhilarating coming-of-age movie that will charm all genders.
Here is a film that, like its source material, treats its characters with care and tenderness, establishing an instant and unbreakable bond with the audience that hits home in scene after scene.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 77 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
64 Ratings
64 Ratings
10% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
6% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 77 User Ratings
7.7
83% Positive
64 Ratings
64 Ratings
10% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
6% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
A truly wonderful heartfelt movie. I am not a girl but it brought me back to my pre-teen years. The specifics may be different, but the feelings are universal. I laughed out loud many times throughout the movie. The movie was hilarious and touching at various times. The child playing Margaret should get an academy award. Yes, she was that good. I cannot rave enough about this movie. Go see it!
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Thankfully, Craig captures the magic that so many have fallen in love with over the decades. The story explores the uncertainties of religion, sex education, and girlhood with incredible sincerity and without judgment of any option. What's more, it beautifully reveals the side to humanity that society often tries to hide with these concepts — but does so with genuineness and care.
Margaret’s journey of self-discovery is a fascinating and satisfying watch.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is full of delights, poignant, peppery and plain life-enhancing. For anyone navigating the rocky journey into young adulthood, or any parent trying to help, it’ll feel like a hand stretched out in solidarity. Just like Judy Blume intended.
In a landscape with few movies for families, and even fewer for tween girls, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret is a fantastic entry. Heartfelt, compassionate, funny, and frank it has the makings of becoming a new classic in the film canon.
This adaptation, written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”), seems uneasy putting funny, flawed and all-too-realistic Margaret on screen exactly as she is.
Excellent, fun, relatable to everyone! This is a must-see movie, especially for me who sadly did not read the book!
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Something that should be thanked and congratulated for this film is the honesty with which it dramatizes the changes in life: in particular that of puberty, from the point of view ****, who must also face the crisis of faith (which religion is best). Without much pretension, one of the comedies of the year.
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First off, I'm a cisginder man who has never read the book, so I had no expectations, other than what I'd seen in the trailer, which pretty much says it all. Abby Ryder Fortson plays the 11-year-old who continually prays to a diety that she may or may not believe in for help in navigating puberty, including her first period, bra and kiss. She also relies on the supportive relationships with her mom (Rachel McAdams) and grandmother (Kathy Bates). All of this is done with a lively outlook, even when her social standing is questionable. It's never really funny and only mildy touching, but the cast is strong and its vibe is continually warm and sweet. NOTE: Look for Bloom in a cameo as "neighbor walking dog."
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To tell you the truth, I only lasted about half an hour into the movie.
From the very beginning if felt fake and phony, way off key, to say in musical terms. I never read the book so I decided to give it some more time, and after half an hour I gave up. The book might be good but acting and directing...
I believe it is ultimately the director's fault that all acting across the board is so drastically poor. Even a wonderful Kathy Bates is barely mediocre there.
Do not waste your time and money.
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Awards
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
• 5 Wins & 9 Nominations
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards
• 6 Nominations
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
