Parenting & Family Quote by Rob Morrow

Rob Morrow is trying to do two jobs at once here: sell a movie and launder it into something sturdier than marketing. The phrase "I'd like to think" is doing quiet, strategic work. It signals humility while staking a claim: this film isn’t just another product timed to the week’s discourse; it’s meant to outlast the churn.

His key move is the soft opposition between "inspiration" and "cultural things that are going on". He doesn’t name the cultural things because naming would date the quote, and dating is the enemy of "classic". The subtext is a familiar entertainment-industry anxiety: the fear of being swallowed by a news cycle, a backlash cycle, or a trend cycle. Morrow frames inspiration as a kind of neutral oxygen that can float above politics, taste wars, and whatever is currently being litigated on social media. That’s a comforting fantasy, and he knows it plays well.

Calling the movie "classic" is less a description than a wish cast as a pitch. "Classic" implies moral legibility, emotional safety, and a return to storytelling that feels parent-approved. The real target isn’t only kids; it’s the gatekeepers deciding what kids get to watch. "Reaches kids" signals cultural impact, but also longevity: a film that becomes a staple, not a topic.

The intent, then, is to position the movie as a cross-generational handoff of values and feeling, with inspiration as the Trojan horse. He’s arguing for relevance by claiming timelessness.