Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Trailer: Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder Fortson Prove Coming of Age Is a Life-Long Journey | THR News - video Dailymotion

Lionsgate's big screen take on the Judy Blume classic, which also stars Kathy Bates and Benny Safdie, will hit theaters on April 28.

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00:00Let me just be normal and regular like everybody else.

00:03Just please, please, please, please, please, please, please.

00:07This episode of THR News is brought to you by Netflix.

00:11We're getting the first trailer for Lionsgate's take on Judy Blume's beloved classic,

00:15Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.

00:18Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Benny Safdie star alongside newcomer Abby Ryder Fortson

00:23in the big screen adaptation.

00:24In the two-minute look at the 1970s set film, Fortson plays 11-year-old Margaret,

00:30uprooted from her New York City home and moved to the New Jersey suburbs by her parents,

00:35played by McAdams and Safdie.

00:36The move means Margaret having to quickly make new friends at a new school,

00:40all the while going through the rapid changes of puberty.

00:43If you want to be in the club, then you have to wear a bra.

00:48Oh.

00:50Do you think you need one?

00:52Margaret's mom, Barbara, is going through an adjustment of her own in their new home

00:57with a mother who isn't happy her daughter moved away.

01:00And how are you?

01:01I read that when you don't have any loved ones around,

01:04your life expectancy drops drastically, but you know, I've had a good run.

01:08Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter last year, McAdams noted that while she didn't have

01:12an attachment to the book when she was growing up,

01:14it was really nice to come to it later in life as a mom

01:17because I was playing the mother character and was viewing it through that lens.

01:21Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret is set to hit theaters on April 28th.

01:25To watch the full trailer, head to THR.com.

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