I honestly would love media, especially media made for a young audience, move away from the "evil foster parents / adoptive parents/ step parents" picture. Hearing the old premisses again and again just makes it more difficult for kids who actually have to be in foster care, I assume.

Our family is dealing with an newly abandoned child and I was so glad to hear your review and warning before we took everyone to see it. This movie would hit way too close to home for our youngest that was abandoned over the holidays. We are dealing with a lot of misdirected anger, questions that there are no answers for and just plain sadness that cant be fixed with lollypops, hugs, and a funny joke. As relatable as this movie sounds, Im thinking its not the right time and it is too soon to see acted out in a movie. I dont know where I would be half the time without your videos, advice and little bits of encouragement. Being a Mama is hard but I have so much more confidence since watching your channel! Thank you!❤❤

I think it could also be very important to note (again, spoilers) that a lot of the harm the little girl comes by is a family member of hers who doesn't even want to consider her as family

omg thank you for this, it doesn’t apply to me personally but it can be EXTREMELY helpful for others! Her happy ending is literally reunification which is often a much more complicated reality. You approached this with sensitivity but without negativity, just wanting everyone to make informed choices. Thank you!

As an adult who can’t handle intensity of any kind in movies, I really appreciate these reviews! Thank you!

The trailer made it seem like a happy fun family friendly film, thanks for making these just proves how movie trailers can be deceiving.

I love your movie reviews. Not a foster parent but a parent of multiple littles, one of whom is very sensitive to stuff in media. Your ability to look at it from a young or vulnerable child’s perspective sets your’s apart from other movie reviews.

I dont have kids of any kind. I love your content and I get great comfort because I feel like you are talking to my inner child. Silly- i know. My growing up years were bad- and you give inner me a lot of comfort. Thank you. ❤

Extra potentially useful details; Multiple adilts enslaved - tricked to sign contracts and then stuck psying wages forever through work. Police enfircing these contracts n bringing any escapee back (more on police being bsdies/corrupt below). The little girl also owes money to them and would have to psybit to escape, and is made to work. So they call it adoption but it's more modern slavery. Another thing is that it turns out the little girl was put in that awful adoptive/slavery setting by her very rich evil uncle as a baby. he's in the same town whilst shes in that suffering etc and has police helping keep her there. The reunion: Her mum of course also turns out to be this utterly wonderful stylish beauty healthy young women with a job in a library (the kiddie loves books). They expain she was lied to by the uncle and thought her baby girl had died - so potential for foster or adopted kids could worry their parents dont know where they are if in no contact set up etc. Wonka also looses his mum - she dies, his only parent (i think no mention of a dad?) And there is quite a bit around his grief and longing for her as a young adult too as he is seen. So could be triggering for a bereaved child too or again one longing for a poorly mum. There is corrupt religious stuff going on throughout at the church to hide the chocolate cartel, AMD church working closely alongside police chief - working under bribes (chocolate!!!) for them so a lot of authority figures/powerful orgs being bad evil untrustworthy. Although of course good wins out ;-) It's strange picking it a psrt like this, it was a great film but actually so much in it could be difficult for a little one in foster or adopted. ❤

If you feel like doing older movies, could you cover the first Thor film? The way they treat Loki brings up a lot of difficult issues and I've seen it covered in a lot of fics in different ways but it never felt like the Marvel films ever did well with the concept of adoption.

I don't need these videos, but I appreciate you making them for the people that do

Agree with everything you said. I don’t have any major past trauma but found it disturbing in some parts. I think it was too abusive for kids to watch whether they have been through something or not.

Thanks for making these reviews. I really wish that children’s media would be more sensitive to family dynamics. There was one particular movie from my own childhood that left me with a lot of painful false hope for a reunion with a parent. Tiny minds don’t necessarily have the skills to separate fantasy from reality and it’s up to caregivers to protect vulnerable hearts. ❤

It's so nice of you to take the time to do these. They are very helpful.

So glad you made this, i personally dont have foster children so i didnt even think about those things being triggers. This is very helpful for people in those situations ❤️❤️❤️

I am so glad I have found your channel. I have been learning so much about foster care. I found you thru your neurodivergent video.

Thank you for these reviews! It can be so hard to tell from trailers and mainstream reviews what kinds of triggers or bad memories might pop up.

I took my CASA kids to see this movie thinking it was going to be more similar to the original chocolate factory storyline. It was not haha. I felt like I needed to have a debrief afterwards it was really difficult for them honestly.

You are fantastic. Thank you for posting this (and your other content)!

I wouldn’t call them adoptive parents she was more enslaved. But I do see your point on all the trigger events.

Thank you for these reviews! This is extremely helpful ❤

I know it’s not a kids movie, but have you seen instant family (semi-fictional movie about foster care/ adoption)? I’d love to hear about what you thought if so! thank you! ❤

Lots of Child labor in the movie too.

These videos are sure to be such a valuable resource. I loved Noodle. :)

These reviews are so helpful! Thank you.

I have to say that the extreme anti-fat bias around the chief of police getting fatter (and making a joke of fatness) as he gives into doing bad things, directly connecting his evil to his size, was quite disturbing and gross. For me, that part alone ruined the whole movie. It teaches kids to laugh at fat people and relate larger sizes to gluttony and bad choices.

1:26 This is why I was obsessed with Animorphs as a child. The idea of people who seem nice and normal but are secretly evil was very relatable to a young CSA survivor.

Super important video! Thank you!

Thank you for doing this review. It is helpful.

I really like your movie reviews.

This is interesting. I just saw Wonka today and loved it, I thought it was a really fun movie. I didn't even consider the implications of the character Noodle and her childhood and how foster kids could feel or relate to her. I'm sure this is really helpful for people raising kids in similar situations who probably wouldn't have considered it either.

I love the movie, it was great to see a musical unfold 😊

Wonderful! Thank you!

fairy tales/children's stories, old and new always seem to remove the mother (or other loved caregiver) and replace them with either evil stepmother tropes! Bambi's mom being SHOT and then he is alone with other youngsters is one of the few that don't have cruel caregiver. (but that absent father shows up in the end?! WTF)

We seen it on Christmas Day. We really liked it.

I think I'll stick with the Gene Wilder version! I don't even watch the Johnny Depp one.

Wait, I watched this movie just that a curiosity. What would you say is creepy in the church? I don't want this to seem like a hate comment or anything. I'm just whole heartedly drawing a blank.

The poisoning of the candy (food) too!

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As well as Willy wonkas mom is dead and we see him grieving the loss in some scenes

I didn't know this was a movie but it sounds absolutely horrible!

I watched the 2005(?) version of charlie in the chocolate factory when I was about 6, it was trauma torture for me as a traumatized child, this is what scary nightmares looks like for trauma kids. Parents, 14+ please, 14+.

another one is some of charlies chocolates that he used to sabotage the zoo keeper could be seen as drugging the zoo keeper to some kids

Honestly, I thought Wonka was a pretty terrible film in all aspects.

Yuck, I wouldn't want to see it.

Movies are not made to be examples. They are created for entertainment, shock value, and fun! Children need to be taught this as well. Life will throw you under the bus time and time again. It's how you react to it that helps you grow into a strong person. Stop sheltering children. They don't need to be sheltered. They need to learn to deal with life.

Damn, this honestly sounds like a HORRIBLE kids movie. I don't even understand why they needed a remake of a remake.

There are some horrible scenes and i really did not like that! Unnecessary

I cannot believe how inappropriate some of the “children’s” movies have become. Avoid Disney movies! They are so evil!! God help our children. Parents, protect your children from all of it!! God help this country and world. Pray, pray, pray for our children, their innocence and our world!!!