Random Questions about the movie...

I wondered why the kids that already chose a mommmy looked so happy and loved with their new mommy, but the main characters always looked unsure while leaving the market and kept running into unloving mommys. What kind of a mommy market sells moms that don't love kids? I can't see how any kids would be happy with those mothers that we saw the main kids go home with. One didn't care when her kid fell down in the woods. One just wanted the kids to look like dolls, and take away their childhoods, and the other was too busy worrying about performing, and seemed to have no time to care for the kids. None of them bought groceries for the house. They're just awful moms, yet the market employees acted like it's the kids that failed at choosing a mom.

The chosen mommys that went home with other kids usually looked pretty normal, and I didn't see any showcase/booths that displayed ordinary looking moms. Were they maybe the original mothers that would get overlooked by typical kids, but not their own kids?

The moms that had crowds of kids around their displays also never got taken home, not to be seen the following Sunday, which made no sense. That baking mother looked so popular but why was she always there like a rejected cat at a shelter?

And I'm with you on wondering where these moms came from. Where did they live the rest of the week? Why wouldn't they want to go to their own homes and take the children with them? What is in it for them? There doesn't seem to be any monetary exchange, as all families get three coins for free.

Knowing that the three awful moms were played by their original mom, was it always their mom? Was it just a manifestation of how interesting they wish their mom was? Knowing that being banned from the market meant you just saw a dirty ally with old cars, were the cars and junk always there? Was this another dimension for kids that could play by the rules? Wouldn't there be a large amount of foster kids in the area who claimed to wish their mommys away, considering the moms there are awful? How does this workout for most kids?


I guess one would have to read the book to know better, but I'm sure there would be unanswered questions anyways because the concept is absurd. That's something that bothers me about many fantasy kids movies. Kids really should hear stories that have logical plots so that they can grow as a critical thinkers. That's why Santa Claus/jesus stories annoy me, ever since I was a kid. They just don't make sense, nor should one be a good person for a reward, like a present, or heaven. They should be good kids even if they aren't being watched and judged because we share this world and our actions effect others.