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ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME MARGARET. MOVIE REVIEW
Are you there, God? It’s me, OneofUs. I’m watching a movie today. I’m so scared, God. I’ve never had a film adaptation of the book Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret before. Suppose Judy Blume’s beloved masterpiece about adolescence and personal discovery is reduced down to just a film about getting periods and bras? Suppose the audience decides to ban the movie as it has the book (so many times) because of how it critically analyzes the need for religion? Please help Frank, Harmoni, and Melina give their honest and heartfelt review of this Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams starring movie, God. Don’t let this film adaptation be too horrible. Thank you.
DIRECTED BY: Kelly Fremon Craig
STARRING: Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson, Elle Graham, Benny Safdie, Kathy Bates, Echo Kellum, Isol Young, Amari Alexis Price, Katherine Kupferer, Aidan Wojtak-Hissong, Kate MacCluggage, Zack Brooks, Mia Dillon, Gary Houston
YOUR REVIEWERS
Frank Calvillo (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Born and raised in South Texas, Frank currently lives in Austin and has been in love with movies ever since his father showed him some Three Stooges shorts when he was five years old. Today he loves all kinds of film, regardless of era, country, budget or genre. He believes every film has an audience and is at least one person’s favorite movie. After writing for Sight & Sound and Slackerwood, he now writes for Cinapse where his increasingly random taste in all flavors of cinema (from Rashomon to Mars Attacks!) continues to thrive. His ultimate goal is to write a script for his boyhood crush, Michelle Pfeiffer.
Harmoni Anderson (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews, Unstabletop Gaming)
Harmoni is a mermaid-haired, millennial, rum drinking, Section 31, Slytherin (who’s divorced J.K. Rowling) preschool/nursery teacher and multi genre geek who also loves all things film, tv, fashion, makeup, and an embarrassingly huge BTS stan. Like really embarrassing. As in, mention them and then sit back and watch the insanity. Harmoni likes being able to game and talk movies/TV with people that aren’t 3 feet tall or all that demanding of her. Plus she can curse at us and not get fired….so bonus!
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
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