...than listening to those with first hand experience- Original parents themselves. (Specifically Original mothers.)

As for the movie itself, Original mothers say they see bits of it that are dead on that completely lined up with some of their experiences, BUT other parts of it that were 100% unadulterated propaganda and horse shit.

More to the point, though, they point out, rightly so, that the movie ends at exactly the point where many Original mothers were still in sort of a 'second stage' with adoption, it's almost a period of shock, just trying to get through, to say nothing of giving birth and labour and all. It was only some months afterwards that they 'came out of it' and finally began to cognize what had just happened- and how that was for some womyn accompanied by deep grief, anger, mourning etc.

The movie portrays a very cartoonish, two dimensional interpretation of adoption, one without counseling, agencies, any legal support watching out for her own interests etc or lawyers for V.

Original mother/Firstmother/'Birthmother' blogs have a lot more to say about this than I'm going to be able to articulate clearly.

But the movie clearly advocates adoption as an 'end point' and a way of 'being done with it'- neither of which is the experience of MANY Original mothers. For some, the act of the adoption itself is merely a beginning, to a sometimes lifetime long unknowing and hurt.

I would agree with them, labeling the film propagandistic.