{"id":1923254,"date":"2023-05-03T04:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-bombed-at-the-box-office-but-not-for-being-woke\/"},"modified":"2023-05-03T04:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T08:15:11","slug":"are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-bombed-at-the-box-office-but-not-for-being-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-bombed-at-the-box-office-but-not-for-being-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;God, It&#8217;s Me, Margaret&#8217; Flopped, Not Due to Wokeness."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fare-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-bombed-at-the-box-office-but-not-for-being-woke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1923254&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>\u201cAre You There, God? It\u2019s Me Margaret\u201d Struggles at the Box Office<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judy Blume\u2019s beloved coming-of-age novel, \u201cAre You There, God? It\u2019s Me Margaret,\u201d has been adapted into a film with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limousine-liberal-klobuchar-spent-6k-on-beverly-hilton-stay-limo-service-for-hollywood-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Limousine Liberal? Klobuchar Spent K on Beverly Hilton Stay, Limo Service for Hollywood Fundraiser\">star-studded cast<\/a>, a fun retro vibe, and glowing reviews from both critics and fans. However, the movie has failed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-to-close-multiple-stores-after-they-fail-to-meet-financial-expectations\/\" title=\"Walmart to Close Multiple Stores After They Fail to Meet Financial Expectations\">meet financial expectations<\/a>, bringing in only $6.8 million on its opening weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Problem with \u201cAre You There God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One fan review on Rotten Tomatoes summed up the likely problem best: \u201cNot sure who the audience for this movie is,\u201d they said. On the surface, the movie could be perfect for the same aged prepubescent girls who loved the book when it first came out. It turns out modern audiences are a little trickier, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Plot of \u201cAre You There God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAre You There God\u201d follows 11-year-old Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson) when she moves with her parents from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs. Margaret experiences a lot of confusion while going through puberty, including learning about her period and her developing body, having crushes, and being part of an interfaith family. The comedy\/drama also stars Rachel McAdams as Maragret\u2019s mom, Barbara Simon, and Kathy Bates as her grandmother.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Authenticity of \u201cAre You There God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The movie is set in the 1970s and stays true to the time period. Director Kelly Fremon Craig spoke with real fifth and sixth graders to make sure she got it all right. She also encouraged the young actors to ad lib when they wanted, which led to some funny candid moments. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Rating of \u201cAre You There God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penis drawings and breast pics aside, Common Sense Media gave the PG-13 film a vote of approval for children ages 11 and up. Compared to other movies with the same rating, \u201cAre You There God\u201d is free from sexually suggestive situations and over-the-top leftist propaganda. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Audience of \u201cAre You There God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite a subject matter that should appeal to both sides of the political spectrum, \u201cAre You There God\u201d seemed to rely too much on drawing in an audience of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret-bombed-at-the-box-office-but-not-for-being-woke\/\" title=\"'God, It's Me, Margaret' Flopped, Not Due to Wokeness.\">middle-aged women eager<\/a> to relive their childhoods. Deadline reported that 55% of the film\u2019s ticket buyers were women over the age of 45, of which 70% were Caucasian. There\u2019s a good chance they were the ones with fond memories of reading Blume\u2019s books during their youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Future of \u201cAre You There God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s too early to give up on \u201cAre You There God,\u201d however. The movie currently has a 98% critic score and 94% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes. More would-be moviegoers may read the glowing reviews from both critics and fans, which could entice more women and teens to check it out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u2018Are You There God?\u2019 stays true to Blume\u2019s book in ways that should connect it to future generations of confused teens. Its minor flaws hardly matter in the big picture,\u201d Toto concludes in his review. \u201c[The movie] understands the value, and cultural heft, of the source material and proceeds accordingly. Thank goodness!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAre You There, God? It\u2019s Me Margaret\u201d could have easily been a smash hit at the box office. The film, which is based on the beloved coming-of-age Judy Blume novel by the same name has it all: nostalgic appeal, a star-studded cast, a fun retro vibe, and glowing reviews from both critics and fans alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1923255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7425,25678,6550,17081,8400,6227],"class_list":["post-1923254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-god","tag-flopped","tag-its","tag-margaret","tag-me","tag-wokeness"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1923254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1923254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1923255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1923254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1923254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1923254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}