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April 28, 2023

At the Movies: Judy Blume goes Hollywood in ‘Are You There God?...'

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

There is not a cynical molecule in the big-screen adaptation of “ Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,” a sweet, playful and reverential adaptation of Judy Blume's famed coming-of-age novel about the everyday problems of an 11-year-old girl.

Perhaps it shouldn't have been earthshattering for someone to write frankly about puberty for an audience who was going through it, but it was and, in many ways, still is.


 
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