[A Wrinkle in Time] is a patchwork adaptation with weak character development, a lack of narrative groove and a haphazard finish; this disappointing Time will cause more than a little wrinkling of the forehead in frustration
the film is tentative and over-protective, as though it's terrified that a story empowering kids to help good battle evil could give someone a nightmare. It reduces the whole universe to one girl's self-esteem
a disappointing mess; Depressingly, A Wrinkle in Time has less in common with its spiky protagonist than her plastic doppelganger, flattened into familiar wonders, a sincere attempt at empowerment crushed into preachy dullness
"A Wrinkle in Time" is wildly uneven, weirdly suspenseless and tonally all over the place, relying on wall-to-wall music to supply the missing emotional connection and trowel over huge plot holes