Instant Family
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Cast
- Mark Wahlberg
- Rose Byrne
- Isabela Merced
- Gustavo Escobar
- Julianna Gamiz
- Octavia Spencer
- Tig Notaro
- Tom Segura
- Allyn Rachel
- Britt Rentschler
Atom User Reviews
What a heartwarming story! I went to see it thinking I was gonna see just a silly comedy, but on top of the comedy, they gave us a beautiful message about adoption, that left me in tears! Bravo!
my family is adopted and I'm glad adoptive families are finally getting some of their stories told
Metacritic
The tone is weird, seesawing between broad comedy (Tig Notaro and Octavia Spencer as hardened adoption agency workers) and manipulative melodrama (I hate to admit it, but a standoff between Pete, Ellie and Lizzy moved me to tears).
For all its formula, Instant Family is a winning confection, unafraid to go to unexpected dramatic places and elevated by Byrne’s gift as a comedy foil and Moner’s lively but subtle turn.
If you’re going to tackle serious subject matter, maybe don’t run it through tacky fluff that amounts to a fleeting sugar high. Sure, this movie will get all the right oohs and aahs, sighs and sobs — it certainly won over the freebie test audience at my screening, good god — but it won’t linger.