11-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia (Kathy Bates), who isn’t happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets. A warm, emotionally agile adaptation of Judy Blume’s much-loved 1970 novel.
Q-tips say: It is really funny and wonderfully awkward at times, but it doesn’t forgo sincerity either.
Mrs. Q says: I wish that the current generation of girls, and boys, take the opportunity to meet Margaret, and learn about life along with her.
Mrs. Q says: It’s the kind of movie that someone of any age can enjoy and find an access point to connect to.