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Instant Family

2018 | 118 min | K-7 | comedy, drama

Pete and Ellie Wagner have always been considered in their close circles as those who will not have children. But the idea of little feet in the house is starting to appeal. At the same time, they want to do good, and decide to resort to adoption.

They end up at a course organized for future adoptive parents, during which the course participants and its leaders become friends, and after the course they form a peer support group. A joint picnic event between the children in the orphanage and the future adoptive parents makes the Wagners realize that everyone only wants to take in small children, while the teenagers are practically left in the category of children of the poor.

A short encounter with the quick-witted and clever Lyzzy changes the Wagners’ minds and, swayed by warning voices, they get three children instead of one – Lyzzy and her two younger siblings. Directed by Sean Anders. As actors, e.g. Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne and Isabela Merced.

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About the movie

Subjects

biology
health education
psychology

Keywords

diverse
emotional skills
everyday
humoristic
informational
respectful
rolemodels
safe
succeeding
thought awakening
warmth

Educational levels

middle schools

Genres

comedy
drama

Age limits

Studios

Universal Pictures

For media educator

Instant Family is a warm-hearted drama comedy about many kinds of families: childless parents, rootless children, families with straight and gay parents, struggling families from different ethnic backgrounds. The film shows children of different ages who have lost their biological parents for various reasons, some of whom have to move from home to home without a permanent family. It also shows adults who end up providing a home for motherless and fatherless children, for whatever reason.