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
Mark Wahlberg
Pete Wagner
Rose Byrne
Ellie Wagner
Allyn Rachel
Kim
Isabela Merced
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Viara
Julie Hagerty
Jan
Tig Notaro
Sharon
Octavia Spencer
Karen
Gustavo Escobar
Juan Viara
Margo Martindale
Sandy Wagner
Julianna Gamiz
Lita Viara
Tom Segura
Russ
Britt Rentschler
Linda
Michael O'Keefe
Jerry
Jody Thompson
Jim
Iliza Shlesinger
October Ross Jennings
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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