Moving to the suburbs at eleven means new friends, a new school, and a body that won't stop changing — Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. turns that stretch of early adolescence into a 2023 coming-of-age comedy from director Kelly Fremon Craig.
What is Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. about?
Margaret's family relocates from the city, and the shift drops her into a world of new classmates, new social rules, and questions she isn't sure how to ask anyone. She forms a tight circle of friends who trade secrets and worries about growing up, while at home her relationship with her mother shifts under the weight of things neither of them quite says out loud. Faith enters the story too, as Margaret works through where she stands between two family traditions without a script to follow. The film moves gently through a school year, treating first crushes, shifting friendships, and the discomfort of an unfamiliar body as material worth taking seriously rather than played for easy laughs.
About the cast
Abby Ryder Fortson plays Margaret, with Rachel McAdams as her mother and Kathy Bates as her grandmother; Benny Safdie, Elle Graham, and Amari Alexis Price round out the family and friend circle around her.
Context & significance
Kelly Fremon Craig, known for coming-of-age stories that resist sentimentality, adapts a novel that has followed generations of young readers through the same questions the film poses. The 2023 release sits in a lineage of American suburban comedies about the sixth-grade year, but it distinguishes itself by giving equal weight to the mother's storyline alongside the daughter's, so the film reads as much about parenting through change as about experiencing it. Critical response leaned strongly positive on release, with particular notice for how it balances humor and sincerity.
Watching Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. on Ktime
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