[riverview]

I would love a birth parent's point of review of this movie. I am an adoptive mom and not sure if this movie is appropriate for my soon to be 8 year old, who has a very positive experience with adoption. Is anyone interested in commenting .............. thanks so much......

[Leigh131313]

yeah, i've heard some negative stuff about it........but i haven't seen it, so I'm not sure.

I'd love to hear from people who saw it!

[Tigger27]

I haven't heard anything about it, but it'd be interesting to hear what others have to say.

[InBlindFaith]

I haven't heard much about it from my Mom friends here.

[SchmennaLeigh]

I've never even heard of it.

[dimasmom]

Most 8 year olds are probably able to handle a movie that might tug at some personal issues a bit. My son had intense grief reactions to movies - which stems from his attachment issues. But a wise therapist taught me how to use these movies as a therapeutic tool. By watching some of these movies with him, in the privacy of our own living room - I had the golden opportunity to help him address the emotions the movie brought out.

My son has gone on to resolve his attachment disorder. He does still struggle sometimes with adoption sensitive topics but he is willing to work thru it with me. So in addition to difficult movies we have weathered the family tree assignment, basic genetics, and the story of an orphanage boy who befriends an author who goes on to descriptively write about her anger towards the birthmom for abandoning such a great child. Sure these were hard, but using them therapeutically has helped my son to move forward in accepting who he is.

You know your child best. If you feel he can handle it OK I don't see any reason to not see it at the theater. Perhaps you could just mention ahead of time that you have heard the movie is about a boy who is abandoned. That way he'll be prepared for it. That's always been the biggest thing with my son. If he's prepared for a sensitive topic he can handle it. It's when it comes to him as a surprise that he struggles some.

DimasMom

[rsbg]

Please don't throw stones at me...... I just wanted to give my opinion.....

We went to see this movie today (in ) and all of us LOVED IT! We have not yet adopted, so I completely understand where some would not want to see it. But from our perspective, it was positive over-all. The things that have been said are true, it does show a couple times the birth-mother dropping him off, it shows his emotions in dealing with not having a family, how he is 13 and his chances are slim, 124 family interviews and such-to me it was VERY realistic of an older child adoption and the emotions they go through. But the outcome of the movie was fantastic, he found his forever family and was successful, happy and very loved. To me, it was a good movie to watch FOR OUR FAMILY, as we are in the process of adopting. It showed my boys that not everyone has the same interests and likes, but that is what makes them unique. And that EVERYONE deserves to be loved and to have a place to call their own, and that it truly does have to be a perfect match.

I have to say though, as for children that are having a tough time with adoption, it could go either way. Either they could see that in the end things can be OK, or the subject of adoption could really make them sad. Again, we have not adopted yet, but for us the experience was a good one, it opened up lots of conversation about the child/children that we will be bringing to our family. I cried through the movie, as it shows the true feelings of a child living in an orphanage, but it was a good cry because everything turned out ok in the end.

[Leigh131313]

Thanks so much for your review of the movie!! Just because adoption is involved for ME is not a reason to skip this movie. I was more worried about how it was portrayed.

If they show the birthmom dropping him off - how is that scene handled.....what does the birthmom say?


I'm actually happy when I see adoption in ANYTHING - books, movies - whatever! It doesn't have to be OUR story, just the fact that adoption is mentioned here and there...makes it less "weird" ya know?

I'd love to see it in 3D!!

[rsbg]

Leigh, it shows her at the door of the orphanage dropping him off, it is raining outside and she has a coat with a hood on. The baby is tightly bundled in a few blankets to keep him warm and she takes a few minutes to hug him, she hears a noise, gets scared and puts him down and you hear a knock. It is as loving of a portrayal as I could imagine them showing. You can see that she loves him and wants the best for him in the scene.

[rsbg]

And I would highly recommend the 3d version.... it was too cool!

[bajj]

We had a warning sent out to us in an adoption email group I am in. I haven't seen this movie but others who have said that birthparents are really given a bad light in this movie, and so are a lot of adoptive couples. I was told that several couples refuse to adopt this boy, one because he was interested in science and not sports.

The villian in the movie that chases him when he goes to the future is his childhood friend in the orphanage. he grew up bitter and turned out to be evil.

I will not be watching the movie after reading this review of it. If anyone wants a copy of the review, pm me an email address and I will forward it to you.

[zxczxcasdasd]

I did see it, and was not expecting how packed it turned out to be with adoption issues- start to finish. I would be interested to hear from birth parents who saw it and to hear their thoughts.

[Kirsty814]

I'm an adoptive mom to my precious five year old boy. Last week I was very sick with strep throat so my father in law took my son to the movies. He didn't mention what they would be seeing and I was too sick to even think about it!! Come to find out, he took my son to see Meet the Robinsons and well, it didn't turn out really well. I don't know much about the movie, but according to father in law the opening seen shows a lady dropping off her infant at an adoption agency (or orphanage??). My son refused to watch it and cried!! He is very sensitive and I'm not sure if it was the abandonment part that got to him or if he was just sad in general, but I can tell you he would NOT talk about it My FIL felt SOO badly about it, but I did tell him to read up on movies before going in cold to the theater...

[bajj]

I am so sorry your son had such a hard time watching it. I have no clue how my 5 yr old would react. I don't plan on finding out, either.

(((((((Kristy))))))))

[dragonfly1234]

Hmmm...I took the movie another way. My oldest loved the movie who is 6.

I did not like the fact that the first mom dropped him off but it was the fact that he was meant (we find this out in the future) to overcome that and to be placed with just the right family that would love him.

He learned to be confident, overcome problems and don't give up.