the mother and daughter's relationship. My son is leaving to go to college 9 hours away in the Fall and we have a close relationship. The daughter being sucked away from her and the mother grasping at everything she can to hold on to her brought serious tears to my eyes. My son, on the other hand, said he was more affected (tears) by the husband and wife reconciling their marriage. This made me feel a little bad since his mom and I got separated and divorced when he was 13 to 14. I asked him if it was a "mom and dad" thing that affected him and he said, "No...it was just beautiful."

I don't know if I quite fully believed him but what can you do at this point? You know divorce is going to affect your kids. You just have to be there for them always, tell them you love them and help them any way you can. It's painful but there is no getting around it.

He also took a little more pessimistic view with his interpretation of the theme of the movie being "make do with what you have." I told him I looked at it a little differently and felt that the movie was telling you that there are numerous paths that can change your life and you can make positive changes at any time, and you are not stuck. I think we were both correct to an extent.

I do feel like the hot dog fingers and Raccoon scene, while funny, were a little too over the top and distracted from the much more polished alternative worlds.