Rachel McAdams as Barbara Simon and Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret Simon in "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret." (Dana Hawley/Lionsgate) The film is far more faithful to Judy Blume’s iconic novel than I had dared to hope. Relatable content plus decade-hopping can kind of do a number on you, I guess.īut never mind me and my wobbly ways: You should see the movie! It opens today, and it’s worth the half-century wait. I also unearthed the diary into which I scribbled my observations when I was 11 years old, the same age as the title character. In other words, I’ve just re-read “ Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” and watched the new film version of the 53-year-old book. My head is spinning in the way it does when time folds in on itself, and I simultaneously feel like both the former confused-elementary-school-kid iteration of me and the current confused-adult edition. The author in the 1970s leans up against a car outside her childhood home in Virginia.
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