Instant Family
2018 · 118 min · Director: Sean Anders
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Married couple Pete and Ellie Wagner, feeling a void in the marriage, visit a foster care center. Two social workers, Karen and Sharon, guide the hopeful parents on the steps to getting into becoming adoptive parents. The couples are brought to a fair where they have the chance to go up to kids that they are interested in adopting. Pete and Ellie walk by the teenagers, although Ellie shows hesitance over raising a teen, one of the teens, Lizzie, informs Ellie that they all know no one wants to adopt the teens. Pete and Ellie talk to Karen and Sharon over potentially taking in Lizzie. The social workers inform the couple that Lizzie's mother is a drug addict who is currently in jail, and she set their home on fire because she left the crack pipe lit. They also find that Lizzie has two younger siblings, Juan and Lita. Although this seems like more of a challenge for Pete and Ellie, they agree to meet the siblings. Pete and Ellie have Thanksgiving dinner with Ellie's family, where they all make comments about never having confidence in the Wagners adopting kids. Ellie has enough and decides that they will go through with the foster care to prove that they can be good parents.
Emotional fingerprint
Instant Family (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Love. Genres: Comedy, Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Empathy
- Joy
- Humor
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Empathy | Joy | Humor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Humor | 43 % | 33 % | 13 % | 37 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 9′ | Humor | 52 % | 40 % | 15 % | 39 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 15′ | Empathy | 60 % | 53 % | 13 % | 34 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Empathy | 54 % | 49 % | 11 % | 32 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 27′ | Humor | 49 % | 38 % | 19 % | 36 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 32′ | Humor | 55 % | 38 % | 34 % | 44 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Humor | 61 % | 36 % | 36 % | 49 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 44′ | Tension | 61 % | 31 % | 23 % | 46 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Humor | 57 % | 31 % | 16 % | 46 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Humor | 56 % | 36 % | 16 % | 39 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 62′ | Tension | 56 % | 41 % | 19 % | 30 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Humor | 56 % | 45 % | 34 % | 34 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 74′ | Joy | 61 % | 52 % | 44 % | 34 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 80′ | Empathy | 63 % | 53 % | 31 % | 29 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Tension | 64 % | 44 % | 16 % | 30 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 91′ | Tension | 71 % | 46 % | 11 % | 29 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Sadness | 78 % | 63 % | 11 % | 18 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 103′ | Sadness | 83 % | 73 % | 30 % | 16 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 109′ | Joy | 80 % | 63 % | 59 % | 30 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 115′ | Joy | 72 % | 48 % | 67 % | 37 % |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Kim
Lita Viara
Linda
Dana McCann
Kit
Details
- Directed by
- Sean Anders
- Written by
- Sean Anders, John Morris, John Morris
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2018
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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