Review: "Are You There God? It's Me Margaret." Is So Good, it Transcends its Genre

By Ben Miller

I am not a woman.  I did not grow up with any sisters. My personal experience never crossed paths with Judy Blume books.  All that being said, Kelly Fremon Craig's (The Edge of Seventeen) film adaptation of Blume's classic bestseller Are You There God? It's Me Margaret. transcends any genre bias to you might bring to it. It's one of the best films of the year so far.

The film centers on Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson), a sixth-grader who moves to New Jersey from New York with her parents (Rachel McAdams, Benny Safdie).  Margaret is not only at a transitional period in life with the move, but on the brink of puberty and all that comes with it.  If that wasn't enough, Margaret finds herself on a quest to find God, stuck between the Christian and Jewish faiths...

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• US Dish is hosting a viewing party contest for romcom lovers. You can enter until the 26th and the winner has to be wiling to host an online viewing party with their friends and vlog about it afterwards. The prize is $2000
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• Guardian excellent and rare interview with Sacha Baron Cohen as himself rather than in character about Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Trial of the Chicago 7, and his activism
• Slate really interesting piece about the way Hallmark has tried to avoid politics and their babysteps towards the modern world via their very popular Christmas movies

More after the jump including Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Zhao, Sound of Metal, new biopics, and new adaptations of old best-sellers...

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