A Deadly Adoption

TV-14

2015

1 hr. 30 min.

Mystery & Thriller

List

14%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

24%

250+ Ratings

Audience Score

Things go awry when an author (Will Ferrell) and his wife (Kristen Wiig) welcome a pregnant woman (Jessica Lowndes) into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.

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Jerod S

It felt like it would break into an SNL skit at any moment. Wiig and Ferrell were given cheesy lines. The whole feel was a joke.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/10/23

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Ashton T

Was awesome to see this cast in a lifetime movie. I enjoyed the plot and acting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/04/23

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Audience Member

Even 10 minutes of this was an utter waste of time. This is "Plan 9 From Outer Space" bad, without a hint of Plan 9's irony. I believe this was meant to be an attempt to sendup of the old movie blackmail trope where the joke was meant to be that the acting was so bad. It didn't work on any level. Think of the most awkward thing that has ever happened to you, multiply by 2, then convince a whole cast to ruin their careers acting it out, and extend it one hour and 24 minutes. I bet even the Craft Services catering was bad. A better use of the money used to make this movie would have been to use Scotch tape to create rolls of toilet paper. I wondered why Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig went a little quiet in the last few years. Why does comedy talent and stardom always seem to devolve in the hubris that produces a long a long string of obviously shitty movies (obvious from the first paragraph of the script) before fading to black or Christmas specials.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

Very corny movie , do not recommend

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely brilliant. Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig play it completely straight. Critics of this movie are looking for jokes when the real punchline is the fact that two of the funniest people on the planet made a freaking Lifetime movie! And it's 100% Lifetime. They've strictly followed the Lifetime formula and the result is the perfect parody. The entire thing is underscored with a subtle irony that really works. It's cheese with a side of cheese. And it's perfect. Oh, and Will Ferrell's hair deserves it's own Emmy.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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karen z

A brilliant parody of the Lifetime Original Movie much in the tradition of Airplane! I loved every ridiculous minute and Will Ferrell looking like Chuck Norris is just icing on the cake.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Rachel Lee Goldenberg

Director

Will Ferrell

Robert Benson

Kristen Wiig

Sarah Benson

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Keith Uhlich

Hollywood Reporter

Beyond Ferrell, Wiig and company's superficial assurance at keeping the one-joke premise going (right up to a climactic musical number that elicits a chuckle or two), the film feels disconnected and utterly disposable.

Jun 22, 2015

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Joshua Alston

AV Club

Adoption is a fun oddity instead of the minor cultural moment it could have been.

Rated: B-

Jun 22, 2015

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Brian Lowry

Variety

So with apologies to all concerned, what on Earth was the point of that?

Jun 22, 2015

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

It was like they didn't know the script before that minute.

Apr 28, 2020

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

It's a failed experiment.

Apr 28, 2020

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Melissa Camacho

Common Sense Media

Despite the movie's best intentions, it fails to deliver most of the expected humor that you'd think would come from watching Wiig and Ferrell play it straight.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 22, 2015

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Synopsis

Things go awry when an author (Will Ferrell) and his wife (Kristen Wiig) welcome a pregnant woman (Jessica Lowndes) into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Screenwriter: Harper Steele
Production Co: Gary Sanchez Productions, MarVista Entertainment
Rating: TV-14 (L|V)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 23, 2020
Sound Mix: Stereo