I've read David Gerrold's novelette before I've seen this movie and, frankly, a like it a little better. The movie itself is not bad and describes in a very emotional way the difficulties of both adults and children to fit in, to feel like they belong, to get along with each other. While the movie ends in a typical "let's make the masses feel OK about this", the novelette is more vague and doesn't pass a sentence.
Bottom line: my wife loved it a lot. It is a good movie for families, single parents, adopting parents and women that want children. Maybe even aspiring writers :) To me it seemed a little too slow and long, maybe just because it is based on a novel based on a novelette and it kinda stretches out. I think the part with the parent trying to reach out to other parents for support and information should have remained part of the movie.
Bottom line: my wife loved it a lot. It is a good movie for families, single parents, adopting parents and women that want children. Maybe even aspiring writers :) To me it seemed a little too slow and long, maybe just because it is based on a novel based on a novelette and it kinda stretches out. I think the part with the parent trying to reach out to other parents for support and information should have remained part of the movie.