Continuity mistake: Meg starts the trip wearing a red flannel shirt over a blue cardigan over a gray T-shirt. Along the way she first drops the flannel shirt, then the cardigan (the color of which seemed to have gained saturation). She's not seen carrying them or any bag that might have held them. When she finally faces It, all the clothes are back on. Calvin's case is even more evident: he starts with a jacket over a red shirt, ends up with a just a now-gray T-shirt (matching Meg's) but is back with jacket and red shirt at the end.
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
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Directed by: Ava DuVernay
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Michael Pena, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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Mrs. Whatsit: Don't worry, Meg. Tessering is almost, nearly, perfectly natural.
Question: How is it that Meg and Charles' mother has not noticed that her children were gone?
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Answer: Just like in the book, the children travelled in time as well as space. From the mother's perspective, they were only gone for a short while.
Brian Katcher