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| Movie poster outside theater at Point Cinema. 12/1/2018 dwm photo |
I was impressed by how much more there was to this nice little film.
Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne are the Wagners - a young couple with everything they want, but feel missing something.
Just looking at the title spoils some of suspense, but the story is the process. The story is from the writer and director of the movie, Sean Anders.
Anders and his wife delayed starting a family. When they were ready, though it was nearly too late. His movie character, played by Wahlberg, suggests adopting a 5 year old and it'd be like, well, an instant family.
My parents were foster parents when I was a child, taking in teen-age girls from the time I was in kindergarten until 6th grade. I have no idea what that was like for my folks and never asked. I do know there were some issues occasionally and one foster sister ran away at least once.
Octavia Spencer (The Help, Hidden Figures) and Tig Notaro play social workers Karen and Sharon. They advise and lead the Wagners and a dozen other foster parents through the process of taking care of kids with an eye to eventually adopt. Both are excellent.
When our boys were quite little, we foster parented an infant while his mother got some things figured out.
The movie feels authentic. It doesn't sugar coat the experience of parents or the children they foster.
You will laugh. You will cry. I suggest taking tissues into the theater - you will need them at some point. The movie is PG-13, primarily for language, some of it stronger than most PG-13 flicks.
It delivers as a film and it certainly will get many people thinking about the kids who need a loving home. Go see it.
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