

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
Acting
Isabela Merced's teenage rage is terrifyingly authentic
Writing
Director's real foster experience cuts through sitcom tropes
Score
Perfect needle drops that weaponize your emotions

Director
Sean Anders
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sean Anders and his wife actually adopted three siblings from foster care, and some scenes are shot-for-shot recreations of their real experiences.
The film notably cast an actual former foster teen, Isabela Merced, bringing authenticity that foster care advocates praised for not sanitizing the system's bureaucracy.
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