The Wild Robot: A heartwarming tale of love, community, and acceptance

(***1/2)All hail single moms raising kids they didn’t birth. Dedicated parents who shepherd& children& into adulthood.& They’re saints.& It’s almost as if this family film’s theme was ripped from the headlines in this twisted era of demeaning mothers who raise& youngsters& that didn’t come from their bodies. Or people who pour their love and nurturing into cats, dogs and other alternatives. Call novelist Peter Brown prescient for writing his bestseller& The Wild Robot. Call writer/director Chris Sanders (How to Train Your Dragon) right on time for his very touching adaptation and eclectic casting that pulls the world together.& Kudos to the& diverse group of actors& that& help& tell& this& story that preaches the gospel of love and& community& in the face of adversaries and naysayers.& They should all take a bow.Lupita Nyong’o and Kit Connor in The Wild Robot.Somewhere out there a spaceship crash lands on an uninhabited island, that’s if you don’t count animals. The lone survivor is a robot,& Rozzum unit 7134 (Lupita Nyong’o). Roz is programmed to& assists& others—to a fault. As she tries to befriend the animals on the isle, they’re either afraid of her or pushing& her around. Fate has it that she stumbles across...