Transfiguring Adoption’s Overview:

The target audience appears to be children who are 12 and older. It also appears this movie would be best for all families impacted by foster and adoption or not. This movie can relate to foster and adoption families by showing adults, as well as kids, that no matter how bad our past was we can begin to make changes to make a better future.

This is another re-telling of Dickens and done in the same vibe as The Polar Express, where the animation is lifelike and the characters resemble their voice actors. This movie is a closer adaptation to the original story than most and because of that it is a darker more mature experience. Families should be aware of the story and the grittier aspects. The director doesn’t shy away from these parts and there are some parts that can be too scary for…

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About the Author: Steve Madole

I am an adoptive dad of three boys living near Grand Rapids, MI with my wife, our cats and dog. We also fostered many other children in the last 5 years! I have done many trainings with the Dr. Karen Purvis Institute and try to keep up on different trauma training’s monthly. My whole family nerds out on comic books, video games, movies and regular books! We often read a lot of the same comics and books which can lead to some awesome conversations!

**Transfiguring Adoption is a nonprofit organization seeking to nurture growth in foster and adoptive families by giving a HOOT about their families. Transfiguring Adoption does not intend for its reviewers nor its review to be professional, medical or legal advice. These reviews and discussion guides are intended to help parents to better be able to connect and understand their children who come from traumatic backgrounds.