IMDb plot summary: When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. Starring Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, and Kathy Bates.
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret is based on the Judy Blume book of the same name, which I never read. It tells the story of a young girl in the 1970s growing up and trying to figure out what it means to be a human -- especially an adult woman. She and her family have moved to a new town where she's suddenly needing to discover that identity among a new group of friends. If this movie is anything like the book, I can absolutely see why it was formative for so many people. It's very relatable. Margaret is simultaneously eager and terrified for the experiences of womanhood, and when she can't pinpoint how she feels about it, she is creative, curious, bold, and determined to know herself and what she wants. I was a little bit surprised how keeping the 1970s timeframe for this movie didn't in any way diminish its relatability. Even though the name brands were different, it still tapped into the same universal concerns and excitement about growing up that is still present today. Super charming, super sweet, totally worth watching.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret > Sarah Plain and Tall
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret > Safe
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < The Legend of 1900
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret > The Farewell
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < The Cat Returns
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret > Star Trek (2009)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < Summer Wars
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < Beautiful Boy
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < Super
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret < Face/Off
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret > 5 Centimeters Per Second.
Final spot: #671, or 83%.
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