Funny, warm and heart-breaking

Instant FamilyDirector: Sean AndersStarring: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Isabela Moner, Margo MartindaleDuration: 117 minutesClass: 12AKRS Releasing Ltd

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When Pete (Mark Wahlberg) and Ellie (Rose Byrne) decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of adoption. When they meet a trio of siblings, including a rebellious 15-year-old girl (Isabela Moner), they find themselves unexpectedly speeding from zero to three kids overnight. Now, Pete and Ellie must hilariously try to learn the ropes of instant parenthood in the hopes of becoming a family.

Described as poignant, funny, heart-warming and authentic, Instant Family celebrates the notion that a family can come from anywhere. It is a comedy that promises to tease your funny bone, tug at your heart, sneak up and surprise you, coax your tears, get under your skin and to move in to live with you for a while, just like kids.

While foster care adoption can be a serious matter for a film, co-producer, co-writer and director Sean Anders is comfortable with also highlighting the light-hearted aspects because that is the personal story he wants to tell with Instant Family, having gone...