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I want to tell you my secret now.

I see dead people.

Silent gravest people!

He's my sister and my daughter.

Rosberg. Oh! need my sister and my daughter. Rosebud.

What's in the box?

And like that, he's gone.

Hello and welcome to another Slate spoiler special.

I'm Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, and today we will be spoiling

in Time, Ava DuVernay's new adaptation of the beloved Madeline Lingle novel, here to talk with me about the movie, our Slate, Culture Writer, and the host of the represent podcast, Aisha Harris. Hello, Dana. Aisha, thanks for coming in. And our culture editor, Forrest Whitman, Hey, Forrest. Hey, Dana.

So, I believe we all saw A Rinkle in Time at the same screening, although I didn't see you guys there a couple nights ago, right? I think so. I saw a few of us scattered about, including like Julia and the Culture Fest crew. Yeah, I think every Slater who could get in there wanted to go because this was kind of a hot ticket of the year. So before we start spoiling, let me just go around. Aisha, I know what you think because you reviewed the movie, but tell our listeners, just a

quick thumbnail recap, pro or con.

My thumb is in the middle. I thought there were some really moving moments. I think in the

review I mentioned that Ava Duv DuVernay, knows how to make

your eyes well up. And I definitely actually started crying at one point. And we can talk about that.

Yeah, I want to know what point it was. I only cried once. Yes. But, but then there were also just,

it also just was kind of messy. And really not, I was not the target audience for this movie and I could not tap into

my inner 12 year old. Yeah, we need to talk about that who is and what kids, if any, would be

drawn to this movie to. And Forrest, what about you? There's a line in this movie where they say

aberrations are far more interesting. And I feel like that is one of the nicer things I could say about

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