i only recently find out that madeleine lengle novel have be turn into a tv movie by disney and order the dvd . the book be a favorite of mine when i be a child and i read it several time . despite some of the child actor not resemble the character a describe in the novel and the murry family be well cast and with a likable ( if too pretty ) meg at the center and a charles wallace who be convince a a child prodigy without become irritating . the first half hour be promise enough and do a good job in establish the relationship between the lead character and at set the scene . unfortunately as soon a the non human character appear the adaptation start to unravel and once the child leave earth the whole thing fall apart . alfre woodward be too youthful look and much too regal a the eccentric mr whatsit ( think miriam margolis or joan plowright instead ) and kate nelligan face be so mask like and inexpressive and she must have visit faye dunaway plastic surgeon in recent year . for some reason they make her mr which look like glinda from the wizard of oz when she should have resemble a benign wicked witch of the west . in the end what let this down most badly be the terrible special effect and art direction . i understand that this be a tv movie and but the cgi look like something that could have be do 15 year earlier . mrs whatsits centaur incarnation be a disaster a be the chewbacca like suit for aunt beast and who in the novel be a velvety and elegant creature instead of the ungainly big foot like thing show here . i could go on and on and nearly every artistic choice be a disaster and presumably because there wasn not a large enough budget to do this justice and but also because the design work lack imagination and good judgement . this really would have need the sense of wonder spielberg bring to his early film . what a shame that with the current popularity of adapt child literary fantasy series nobody think of adapt a wrinkle in time and it sequels for the big screen and give it the scope it deserve .