Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (dir. Kelly Fremon Craig).

This is such a sweet and earnest adaptation of Judy Blume’s formative 1970 novel about surviving female puberty with our titular sixth grader struggling to understand her changing body and oncoming womanhood. Starring Rachel McAdams and Abby Ryder Fortson and mother and daughter, the hilarious coming-of-age film set in ‘70s suburban New Jersey tells such a universal story (fifty years in the making) about first experiences, trying to fit in, and get along. It will clearly become essential viewing for young girls (much like the book) as a lovely entry into the young adult film cannon.