"Meet the Robinsons"

[Cricket1]

Well, it appears that Disney has done it again. They have taken something beautiful like adoption and made it into a mean-spirited movie. As a mom of two adopted sons, we will not be seeing this movie. I received an email from the adoption agency regarding this movie. Here's a portion of the letter:

"The movie is filled with extraordinarily inappropriate messages about adoption. The basic story is about an adorable baby whose birthmother leaves him on the doorstep of an orphanage. Portrayed as loving, sweet, extremely smart and overly appealing, he spends the next 12 years of his life wanting a family and being turned down by one family after another. In all, more than 100 couples refuse to adopt him. One scene shows a prospective dad losing interest in adoption because this very smart little boy is more interested in science than sports. The prospective parents leave the disappointed child in an angry huff when he accidentally splatters them with some food from his science project. This is supposed to be funny.
Since no one else wants him, the child invents a time machine in order to go back in time to find his birth mother. The "bad guy" in his time travel journey turns out to be his best buddy from childhood, once his orphanage roommate. Now an emotional wreck resulting from being left behind when the orphanage was closed and shut down, the once-cute orphan is now mean and devious. Another chuckle. Various monsters attack the child as continues his birth mother search. You get the picture!
I found "Meet the Robinsons" to be both tasteless and totally insensitive regarding adoption issues. Please think very carefully before taking your child to see it, whether adopted or not. You may want to preview the movie yourself before deciding whether your child chould see it or not. At the very least, help prepare your child by letting him or her know about the adoption theme before seeing it. It is important for our children to know that orphanages no longer exist in the U.S. and that the adoption process is totally different from what is portrayed in this "pretend" movie. "

Why, in this day and age, do movies continue to stigmatize adoption? I cringe whenever I see a movie or a show that someone uses a phrase like, "you were adopted" to make someone seem unwanted or "different".

Thanks for listening!

[celina]

I'M SORRY I SAW THE MOVIE LAST NIGHT, AND NEITHER ME, MY HUSBAND OR MY 2 KIDS TOOK IT THAT WAY AT ALL...

THE PARENT WHO LEFT CAUSE OF THE FOOD, WELL HE GOT PEANUT BUTTER SMEARED ON HIM, HE WENT INTO SHOCK, HAD TO BE FIXED WITH AN EPPY PEN AND THEN LEFT....

A DINOSAUR ATTACKS HIM, AND ITS A CUTE SEQUENCE WHERE THE WHOLE FAMILY IS WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES TO SAVE HIM EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT FAMILY TO THEM

I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH THINGS FOR THEMSELVES AND MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND....

I LOVED THE MOVIE....AND I AM A FIRM SUPPORTER OF ADOPTION AND AM LOOKING INTO WAYS OF ADOPTING CHILDREN AT THE MOMENT