This film was directed by Sean. Anders photographed by Mark. Wahlberg (male), Rose. Byrne (the heroine), and Isabella, who plays her sister in the film. A 119-minute family comedy starring Lizzy and a pair of younger brothers (Juan) and sister (Lita), released in the United States on November 16, 2018.
At the beginning of the film, our male protagonist Pete and female protagonist Ellie are both middle-aged people in their forties, at this time they are watching the house with their sister and brother-in-law, and between the words and conversations, the sister and brother-in-law suddenly talk about their children's problems, and the atmosphere becomes awkward for a while, and the angry heroine Ellie returns home and opens the computer to search for the adoption center for the adopted child.
The female protagonist saw that the male protagonist returned home and showed this to him, and the male protagonist did not understand these things, so he asked the female protagonist to look at it himself and said not to make him sad, which can be seen that the male protagonist is also very headache for this matter! So the two decided to go to the adoption center to adopt a child in the entanglement, but the agency center asked for adoption training, so the two went, and then came to a playground-like place for people who needed to adopt children to choose whether they had children to adopt here.
In the middle of this conversation between the male and female protagonists, Lizzy (sister) overheard, and told them that they could hear what they said, telling them to pay attention to the attitude of speaking, the female protagonist thought the girl was cool, so they decided to adopt this beautiful and cool-looking little girl.
The staff who went to the adoption center told the two couples that the girl and a pair of younger siblings, the couple who first considered adopting one suddenly felt that it was a bit incredible to adopt three at once, but they finally decided to adopt three together under the condition of economic conditions, which showed that the couple was really very loving, and the film kicked off.
In the film we learn that three children have different personality characteristics, and then we will analyze their different personality characteristics one by one, let's first talk about the sister Lizzy, the sister is a 15-year-old young girl who is in a rebellious period, not familiar with her, think she is a cool and sensible girl, when familiar with her, I think she is a girl who does not casually communicate with others, can not get along with her casually.
It is inferred from this that it is not easy to be adopted and is in a passive situation. The second is the younger brother Juan, he is a boy, but his personality traits have nothing to do with boys, clumsy, timid, stupid, in the film his various body language also brings a lot of laughter to the audience. Finally, there is the younger sister Lita, who first contacted her and thought she was a little Lolita, and after contact in the film, especially at the Christmas dinner, she found that she was a grumpy, foul-talking, screaming, throwing things, and extremely insecure children.
According to the regulations, each adopted child must first go to the adoptive family to adapt to the living environment, so the three people came to the future home, as soon as they entered the door, the male owner asked them to look at it casually, and regarded this place as their own home, the male owner really regarded them as his own children, the children may not be very unaccustomed at first, after all, it is not their real home, but after getting along with their new "mom and dad" in the later stage, they have changed their minds.
After a period of adaptation, they began a normal life, and I divided their lives into five periods, namely:
During the honeymoon period, a family of five happily lives together, bathes the children, kisses goodnight, and sends them to school, which seems to be another particularly good happy life for the male and female protagonists who are new parents.
Problem period, as long as the child is always inevitable a lot of clothes and toys, the later life habits are not so much constraints, clothes, toys, daily necessities thrown everywhere, disobedience, quarrels, problems appear one after another, in the face of such a situation the male and female protagonists are naturally overwhelmed, they began to complain and accuse each other, began to regret the adoption of children.
During the transition period, just when they feel that they can't get along with the children, the first parents of the son and the little daughter in an interaction completely melted their hearts, Ellie. When combing the hair of the eldest daughter, Lizzy confided in herself for the first time, the first time she cried in front of the heroine, the first time there was trust, their relationship became more and more intimate, and life entered a normal state. This is undoubtedly the ending that many viewers want to see.
At the climax, just when everyone thinks that the good life has begun, the biological mother of three children appears, Pete and Ellie are lost and helpless, on the one hand, they think it is good and normal for them to return to their biological mother, but at the same time they are also very hurt, because they really want to give them love and treat them as their own children, so that the three of them will never be separated, live a happy and happy life, until the biological mother finally gets the custody.
But on the morning when the eldest daughter was elated and her younger siblings were reluctant to leave, their mother did not come to pick them up, and they were informed by the people at the adoption agency that their mother had repented and that they could not return to their original family. Lizzy was devastated to hear the news, and she had been suspicious of the white couple's motives for adopting three children, mocking the vanity of their messianic mind.
Good times, and then Ellie gave them the answer, why adopt a child? Because she knew that her life was missing, but she didn't know what was missing, until the appearance of the three people, she knew that it was the lack of them, this remark completely touched Lizzy, but also touched the hearts of the audience. They still live together.
This film tells us that the embarrassing situation that the adoptive family is in now, there is also the hurtful topic of "non-parental", many people still have a lot of prejudices and incomprehensions about the reorganization of the family, whether it is related by blood or not, I think the most important thing for people to get along with each other is sincerity, treat children with patience, and establish the correct three views for them.
Communicate with them more, not only to become their parents but also to become their friends, so that they can better deal with problems in a timely manner. When there is friction in getting along, the first thing we have to do is to be calm, you can have emotions but don't bring emotions to people who are good for you, think in a different position, and understand each other, so as to avoid a lot of problems.
Another particularly important scene in the film is that Ellie's sister sees that her sister's children are cute and plans to give up IVF and adopt them instead. This plot mainly tells us that whether it is a parent or a new mother, for the adoptive family, those adopted children need to be cared for and loved.
It is precisely because their hearts have been hurt in the process of adoption that more people need to discover and treat each child well, leave enough time, spend more energy to take care of them, care for them, trust each other, let them feel safe and feel loved. The song is sung like this, as long as everyone gives a little love, the world will become a better tomorrow. I believe that with love, there will be a better tomorrow.