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      • Her mother is Christian and her father is Jewish, but Margaret was raised without an affiliation to either faith. She frequently prays to God, beginning her prayers with, "Are you there God? It's me, Margaret." Margaret feels uncomfortable with her lack of religious affiliation.
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  2. Margaret is half-Jewish and half-Christian; she deals with her faith identity throughout the movie. Her close circle of friends includes a White Jewish girl, another White girl, and a Black girl, and her teacher is a Black man.

    • Kelly Fremon Craig
    • Sandie Angulo Chen
    • Lionsgate
    • It's Based on A Bestselling Book
    • It's About Female Puberty and Religion
    • It Avoids 21St-Century Controversies

    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by author Judy Blume was published in 1970 and tells the story of a middle-school girl and her friends who are going through puberty. Although some of Margaret's friends have gotten their first period and begun developing, she has not -- a fact that forms the basis of the plot. The book's other angle involves Ma...

    Set in the 1970s, the film opens with a distraught Margaret learning that her parents are moving from New York City to New Jersey. That's good for her dad – he has a new job – but bad for Margaret, who was tight with her NYC-based grandma. But things quickly take a turn for the better at her new home when an outgoing and outspoken girl her age – Na...

    Unlike a handful of other modern-day adaptations of other books, the film doesn't "update" its plot with modern-day controversies. Margaret and her friends don't discuss transgenderism. They don't talk about same-sex attraction. They like boys – and only boys. (Margaret's crush is named "Moose.”) The film has a sweet and innocent childlike feel tha...

  3. Apr 28, 2023 · Margaret’s mother is “Christian” (although clearly not born-again) and her father is Jewish (non-practicing). Margaret is being raised without an affiliation to either faith. According to Margaret, God is not Christian, Muslim nor Jewish, or any other religious entity.

    • Kelly Fremon Craig
    • Gracie FilmsLionsgateSee all »
    • Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.)
  4. Apr 26, 2023 · In this world of default suburban religiosity, Margaret is an outlier. Actors Rachel McAdams, left, and Abby Ryder Fortson in the film adaptation of “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”...

  5. Her mother is Christian and her father is Jewish, but Margaret was raised without an affiliation to either faith. She frequently prays to God, beginning her prayers with, "Are you there God? It's me, Margaret." Margaret feels uncomfortable with her lack of religious affiliation.

  6. Margaret is the child of a Jewish father and a Christian mother. She spends the book trying to figure out what, if anything, she personally believes and whether she wants to formally belong to a religion.

  7. Proverbs 1 :7. Join us in this exploration as we discover the hidden truths and symbolism that Margaret embodies in the eyes of the divine. The Biblical Meaning of Margaret. In the Bible, names often carry significant meaning and can reveal something about a person’s character, destiny, or purpose.

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