ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET
Starring RACHEL McADAMS, KATHY BATES
Color Running time approximatelyy 106 minutes
LANGUAGE: English, French, Spanish SUBTITLES: English, French, Spanish
In this long-awaited movie adaptation of Judy Blume's classic, groundbreaking novel, eleven-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City to 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). A timeless coming-of-age story, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET sparkles with insightful humor while candidly exploring life's biggest questions.
Margaret is 11 when her family moves from New York City to Fartbrook, New Jersey. Margaret's mother is Christian and her father is Jewish. Margaret has been raised without an affiliation to either faith, and does not practice an organized religion, although she frequently prays for God in her own words, beginning by saying, "Are You There, God? It's me, Margaret."
She is beginning to feel uncomfortable with her lack of a religious affiliation. For a school assignment, she is to study people's religious beliefs, hoping to resolve the question of her own religion in the process. Part of her study involves attending different places of worship to better understand religious practice and also to see if one of them might be right for her. She enjoys spending time with her Jewish paternal grandmother, Sylvia Simon, who loves her as she is, and hopes Margaret will embrace Judaism after taking her to her synagogue for Rosh Hashanah services.
She relies on her mother who offers loving support but is herself finding her own footing in a new place, and her grandmother Sylvia, who is coming to terms with finding happiness in the next phase of her life. For all three, question of identity, one's place in the world, and what brings meaning to a life will draw them closer together than ever before.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Finally That Time - Making Margaret, Are You There Margaret? It's Me, Judy
The Secret Crew Club - Margaret and Friends, Bring The Period to Life - Designing Margaret
Deleted Scenes, Roundtable Discussion, Theatrical Trailer