‘Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret’ Lastly Comes of Age on Display screen in First Trailer

“It feels fantastic,” Blume informed the hosts of At this time on Thursday, “and the explanation that it feels fantastic is as a result of I really like the film. And what number of authors of the guide can say, ‘I feel that film is healthier than the guide’? I do.” However this superior adaptation virtually didn’t occur. “Margaret’s off the desk. I’m not promoting Margaret, no,” Blume stated she informed her agent simply earlier than receiving a “exceptional, passionate, humorous, intimate letter” from Kelly Fremon Craig, the writer-director of The Fringe of Seventeen who satisfied Blume to entrust her along with her seminal work.

Now one in every of the yr’s most anticipated motion pictures, Fremon Craig writes, directs, and produces alongside Oscar winner James L. Brooks and Blume herself. Abby Ryder Fortson (Ant-Man) performs the eponymous preteen, whose rising pains are exacerbated by a transfer from New York Metropolis to the suburbs of New Jersey. Rachel McAdams is her mom, Barbara, and Benny Safdie her father, Herb, who’re each equally combating their identities post-move. Then there’s Oscar winner Kathy Bates, who brings Margaret’s free-wheeling, judgment-spouting grandmother Sylvia to life. 

The primary trailer exhibits Margaret pleading for normalcy in a time the place she’s unlikely to seek out any. Among the most beloved moments of the guide, which has been banned over time for coping with the frustratingly taboo matter of menstruation, spotlight Margaret’s nerves over a sequence of firsts, together with acquiring a bra, shopping for Teenage Softies, and chanting the all-important— “We should, we should, we should enhance our busts.”

The movie debuts in theaters on April 28, 2023.