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A Deadly Adoption

The birth of a plan gone wrong.

2015 · 1h 24m · TV-14 Drama, Thriller
Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg

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Overview

Things go awry when an author and his wife welcome a pregnant woman into their home, with plans to adopt her baby.

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20%
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Rotten

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.

Keith Uhlich, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

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

Joshua Alston, AV Club
Rotten

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

Brian Lowry, Variety
Rotten

The sendup never came, and once you accepted that Mr. Ferrell and Ms. Wiig were playing it straight, you also realized that the movie wasn't very good even by Lifetime standards, which are not exactly lofty.

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

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