A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations
Isabela Merced
- Lizzy
- (as Isabela Moner)
Gustavo Escobar
- Juan
- (as Gustavo Quiroz)
Britt Rentschler
- Linda
- (as Brittney Rentschler)
Gary Weeks
- Dirk
- (as Edson Gary Weeks)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhile drawing pictures of their dream children, October draws a football player with the number 74, which was Michael Oher's jersey number in the film The Blind Side (2009). The film is a recurring joke about her character, who tries to emulate Leigh Anne Tuohy.
- GoofsWhen Pete and Lizzy wreck a kitchen, the glass pane of the top right cupboard door alternates between being broken and intact many times.
- Quotes
Grandma Sandy: You get reminded what a sack of shit you are five times a day, after a while, you can't believe *anyone* could ever love you.
- Crazy creditsPhotos of real-life foster families are seen throughout the end credits, interspersed with footage of Isabela Moner performing the end-credits song "Stay With You."
- Alternate versionsFor the film's Australian release, the distributor chose to remove a single use of strong language in order to obtain a PG classification. This edited version of the film was later used for its DVD/Video release. An uncut M classification was available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Good Morning Britain: Thursday 14th February 2019 (2019)
- SoundtracksInsane in the Brain
Written by Jerry Corbitt, B-Real (as Louis Freeze), DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud) & Sen D.O.G. (as Senen Reyes)
Performed by Cypress Hill
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Featured review
Better than 10 stars
First, let me say that my wife and I go to the movies every Friday. We see a LOT of movies. We usually agree about how good or bad a film was, and we both agreed on Instant Family. It's fantastic. I wish I could give it more than 10 stars because the current score of 7.3 is really not doing this film justice. It's simply a perfect movie. My wife and I cried a lot, laughed a lot, and left the theater happy. Based on a true story...they did a wonderful job of re-telling it for the screen. Reminds me of Wonder, which was also underrated. If I could vote for the Oscar's, it would've been Wonder last year and Instant Family this year. I don't even need to see the other contenders. Wish movies like this would get an Oscar nom... but it's usually the serious dramas that get them. Wahlberg should be very proud. He produced it and co-starred in it. Very happy for him. Hope this means more films like this and less violence in the future. Please go see it and give it your review here. It will help get the word out.
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- danielchannels
- Nov 17, 2018
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Con Nuôi Bất Đắc Dĩ
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $67,363,237
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,504,315
- Nov 18, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $120,989,830
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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