Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
This article check spoilers forAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaret .
Judy Blume ’s iconic 1970 al-Qur’an has now been adapted into a 2023 movie , Are You There God ? It ’s Me Margaret , and despite being a mostly faithful adaptation , the movie does let in a fistful of significant changes to the original story . Are You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretbegan as a novel written by Judy Blume telling the story of an 11 - yr - one-time lady friend who moves to a new townsfolk and begins wishing ( and praying to God ) that she would grow up into a woman already . The film stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret , Rachel McAdams as her mother , Barbara , and Kathy Bates as her gran , Sylvia .
As film adaptations go , Are You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretdefinitely sticks to the absolute majority of what Judy Blume wrote . Not only does the plot remain virtually the same , but even much of the duologue is pulled straight from the book . In this sense , the movie is a very close representation of the original novel . However , the movie does make some changes , many of which bestow more emotion to the taradiddle , offer limpidity about certain plot points , and expand the world of the novel to well understand specific graphic symbol and the themes of woman at great .
10The Movie Begins Earlier Than The Book
From the start , Are You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretstarts otherwise than its harbinger . Rather than beginning with Margaret speaking with God , revealing that her crime syndicate is move to New Jersey , and she hop it does n’t go ill , the film starts over the summertime with Margaret at camp . The hearing reckon Margaret ’s carefree , infantile posture and watches her return home from camp only to find that her parent have settle to move . This change sure as shooting starts the celluloid on a different note than the book but offers a right sense of who Margaret is and who her family member are .
9Nancy’s Secret Club Has No Name
A major aspect ofAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretis the secret club Margaret joins , run by her control neighbor Nancy Wheeler . The club include Margaret , Nancy , Janie , and Gretchen , and their core feature article is that they do n’t wear socks with their shoe . In the Blume novel , during the club ’s first group meeting , the girls hash out what the name of their group should be , and finally land on " the PTS ’s " or " Pre - Teen Sensations . " The film does not include this contingent and avoids giving the grouping a name altogether . However , all of their iconic scene , including " We must increase our bust , " remain in the moving picture .
8There Is No Square Dance Party
7The Mower Incident Is Much Less Dramatic
ahead of time on in Margaret ’s move to New Jersey , her father , Herb , injures his hired man trying to mow the lawn . While this scene in the leger is distressing for Margaret , as her Padre become sick and fall to the floor before being hurry to the doctor , the film gives it a much lighter and more comedic tincture . In the movie , Herb does cut his hand with the lawn lawn mower , but the injury is n’t too serious , and rather than festinate to the hospital , Herb and Margaret ’s mother , Barbara , tease each other over the incident while Margaret gets distracted by Moose , the vicinity boy who now mows their lawn .
6Margaret’s Angry Speech To God
A great import inAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretis the daytime of Margaret ’s birthday when she comes home in an furious rush after being taunt by Phillip LeRoy . Her speech to God , wherein she claims to hate Phillip for his bullying , Nancy for lying about getting her period , and Laura Danker for being in her group at schooltime , is emotional and proves to be a turning detail in the film . However , this rant did not actually occur in the book .
While event do commence to become more negative for Margaret during this point , she does not talk to God about them in one furious rant . Rather , she speaks passably angrily to God about Nancy ’s betrayal , and later , does n’t speak to Him at all about Phillip ’s rude Christian Bible or Laura Danker . For the most part , Margaret does n’t put as many words to her frustrations in the book as she does in the film , and this particular harangue is a premier example of that .
5Margaret Asks About Her Grandparents
Many of the changes that occur inAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margarethave to do with venial details , however , there are some differences that are much more pregnant . For example , Judy Blume broaches the topic of Barbara ’s parents as info Margaret already has : they disinherit Barbara because she married Herb . However , the moving-picture show alternate this idea and or else has Margaret approaching her mother to demand why she has never met her grandparents .
The consequent scene is a very aroused one in which Barbara explain that because of their spiritual departure , her parents decided to tell apart themselves from her . This not only changes how Margaret learns about her female parent ’s parents but also tally more of an inducement for Barbara to send them a Christmas card , which lead to them jaw in the spring . All in all , the scene in all likelihood make the state of affairs clear to audiences while also contribute a more emotional ingredient than the book has .
4Nancy Vs Laura Danker
A major component ofAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretis Margaret ’s relationship with Nancy Wheeler . After meet Nancy , Margaret is quickly sucked into her unhealthy mind that they must do exercising to increase the size of their breasts , wear bras before they need them , and bully Laura Danker , who has hit puberty before the other girl in the class . All in all , Nancy is a pretty toxic supporter and her influence precede to Margaret being rude to Laura and then very quickly regretting it .
In the record , Margaret feels guilty for hurting Laura but does not apologise , and for the most part , it seems that her relationship with Nancy stay even after Nancy lies to her . On the other hand , the picture show better clear up the morals of the write up . In the movie , Margaret stops talk to Nancy after her perfidy and in one of the terminal scenes , chooses to trip the light fantastic with Laura when she is alone . These minuscule variety more distinctly represent how Nancy ’s rhetoric about womanhood was harmful and redeems Margaret for her previous bad deportment .
3Margaret’s Mom Is A Bigger Character
One of the most obvious and important alteration forAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaret’scharactersis the increase role of Margaret ’s mother , Barbara . While the book focuses exclusively on Margaret and only explores Barbara as a side role , the film gives her character a separate storyline with several added scenes that do n’t look in the record . In this way , audience see how Barbara struggles with her new life in the suburbs as she attempt to balance being a PTA mammy and woman of the house with her raw urges to create prowess and be busy .
The moving-picture show certainly bringsRachel McAdams ’s movie roleas Barbara to life story in a number of direction and adds analog to Margaret ’s chronicle . As Margaret is acclimating to her adolescence , Barbara is acclimating to her new role in the suburbia . Both character face challenges , especially in term of the prospect they front from other fair sex , but fall back on each other for sustenance and inspiration . Overall , Barbara is much more dynamic in the film and has a miscellany of young scene that are extremely worked up and moving .
2Sylvia Meets Margaret’s Grandparents
The biggest changeAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretmade to the story was the arrival of Margaret ’s grandparent . The plot point began the same way , with Margaret begrudgingly offset her trip to Florida to see her grannie , movie outstanding Kathy Bates’Sylvia , for meet her parental grandparents . From there , Blume writes a scene in which Barbara ’s parent ask Margaret if she attends Sunday shoal , and when she says no , they become very rude and get into an arguing with Barbara and Herb wherein they consider Margaret must be Christian . This go on much differently in the film .
In the movie , Sylvia and her young boyfriend appear at the house while Barbara ’s parents are visiting and both sides of the family unit eat dinner together . tenseness are fairly high but make out to a headland when Margaret ’s granddad ask about Sunday schooltime and Sylvia has an outburst , claiming that Margaret is Judaic . When Barbara ’s parents fight back , asserting that Margaret is Christian , the conniption escalates until Margaret yell at all of them , which occurs in the Good Book as well . In the book , Margaret claim " I do n’t even need God,“while in the celluloid she says , " I do n’t even believe in God . "
1There Is More Moose Freed
A final and welcome modification to the filmis the champion ’s crush Moose Freed . In the book , Moose appears only a few prison term and Margaret ’s fundamental interaction with him are brief . However , the plastic film offers Moose just a tad more item . For example , on a tripper to New York with Nancy ’s family , Moose begins to narrate Margaret what he like most about her before Nancy usher them aside to the bathroom . Furthermore , atAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaret’send , Moose ask Margaret if they can hang out when she gets back , an exciting promise that does not appear in the book .
WhileAre You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretstayed mostly true to his origin material , the film did make a variety of humble and declamatory changes that arguably aid the story become more dynamic and honorable for a movie consultation . The film inflate more on its theme of womanhood by best exploring Margaret ’s female parent and shutting down Nancy ’s mean behaviour . to boot , the movie adds more element of emotion and romance to make Margaret ’s taradiddle even more relatable and heart - warming . All in all , Are You There God ? It ’s Me Margaretbenefits from its change while maintaining the grandness of Judy Blume ’s original story .
