Great Film overall

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

The people that gave this movie 4 out of 10 and above are either huge will Farrel fans or man hating lifetime movie fans. Will Farrel as a hero action star of any kind is beyond ridiculous the whole premise is ridiculous. The acting, directing and mostly Will Farrel trying to look like a hero Manning the boat Are all beyond ridiculous; anybody who gave it 1 i appreciate your honesty and being able see reality for what it is.

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT - the following discusses plot points, but you might want to read on anyway to save two hours of your lifespan! Or don't read it, watch the movie, and then come back and read the reviews to see if you actually "got" this movie! This is also written to bring closure to those who have spent the two hours watching it.The overall plot was used previously in another Lifetime movie no doubt. Crazy girl, bad boyfriend fresh out of prison wanting his money, a child about to die because she needs her meds, and parents in a dysfunctional marriage with a secret held by one against the other allowing "crazy girl" to enter stage left, scene one. Is this movie a parody of Lifetime movies or other movies that revolve around "crazy girl" replacing a wife and making the wife's family her own? The predictable script does not let on to this possibility other than in a few spots such as Will Ferrell's character standing in the middle of the road to face off "crazy girl" without so much as a drip of blood coming from his two wounds, one of which appeared earlier as fatal. (It's highly unlikely that he'd be knocked out cold by two flesh wounds and even less likely that his wounds would both stop bleeding without immediate medical attention.) Another possible parody moment was the garage door opening scene. The garage was filled with far too much exhaust for any human being to emerge from it without hacking his guts out. Will emerging from a cloud of deadly exhaust appearing to breath normally, looked like Superman with Lois in his arms, back-lit with a glow. That smells of parody or very bad direction, take your pick. Will "speeding" off to the rescue in an incredibly slow moving boat with a very serious look on his face smelled like parody too.Still, most of the movie was not at all funny, or even suspiciously funny, so what was the point of that please? Furthermore, there was not a lot in the dialogue to suggest that this was in fact a parody. The sheriff asking after he had heard the entire story of Will and "crazy woman," (paraphrased) "Do you think they could be together?" could have been one such line. That must be ranked among the stupidest lines ever written in a movie, and if it was not in fact meant to be a stupid line appropriate for a parody, then we must conclude that the line is just an awful line. The movie is otherwise mostly predictable, with the "manner of pregnancy" of "crazy girl" being nearly the only surprise. Were you really surprised that the bad boyfriend was just behind the organic foods co-worker who had snapped one too many branches on his rescue mission? His death was not funny, just cruel. Where's the parody in that?The scene with Will's incredibly awkward dancing with his family that went on longer than any sane director would have allowed, just iced the cake of this movie's demise.In sum, this was either a poorly written parody or a poorly written violent though almost entirely predictable drama, acted about as well as it could have been acted (hence my higher rating than the 1 for the script).Note to actors: next time you might want to turn this sort of script down. Note to screenplay writer: you need a lot of practice. Note to viewers: I'd sorry for your loss...of time. And that is not a "spiteful comment," because I'm really, really sorry for your loss. Or is this just a parody of a hardhearted reviewer? You decide! ; )P.S. I think this movie was deliberately written to thoroughly confuse us all and is therefore brilliant! (Just kidding....but maybe it is...regardless, you'll never have closure on this movie or on this review. ; ))

Review title doesn't make much sense? Read this review and you will understand where I am coming from.Will Ferrell's career has been on the down-low as of late. Sure he did Anchorman 2 and Get Hard, but less than ten years ago he did a hit movie every year. Surprised to hear about him doing an all-out serious role, I really wanted to see this. The movie was less than thirty minutes in when I already could not take it seriously enough.This is inspired by a true story, so I'm not sure how much is real. Either way, the story is a little bit weird. It is a mix between Fatal Attraction and Taken. Will Ferrell and Kirsten Wiig are a couple on the rocks after an accident causes Wiig to have a stillborn. A seemingly nice young woman approaches them wanting them to adopt her soon-to-be baby since she has no means of support. We learn her secret between her and Will Ferrell, as well as her real intentions.The movie is predictable and clichéd all the way through. But it is still cheesy and fun. I loved seeing life-long comics playing something completely serious. Were they good? Not really. But the villain was awesome. When the movie finished, I said "This reminds me of a 90s Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. Or a PG-13 rated Arnold movie." There wasn't stupidity (Thank-God!) but nothing clever either. I think this was made to show to funny people trying to be serious.Why do I call this a "grill cheese sandwich!"? It is the best kind of cheesy movie: one you can't take seriously but can still put you in the moment.

This needs to be watched through the correct eyes. I'm convinced that it was meant to be a parody.I'm married so I've watched more of the Lifetime adoption/nanny/dream-spouse gone bad movies than I'd like to admit. The Deadly Adoption is, to me, a classic parody of these types of films. Everything is hyper-idealistic until some sociopath comes in and shakes things up. When compared to other movies in this genre, this one is actually less cheesy, but with the main characters being played by Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, I was never able to shake the feeling that something hilarious was going to happen. Many times, it looked as if they were barely able to contain their laughter as they delivered lines. Amazingly, the plot stayed on it's dramatic path.!SPOILER ALERT!It wasn't until the last scene in the movie that I was able to confirm that this was meant to be a parody. Somewhere in the middle of the movie there is an off handed comment from a minor character that Will Ferrell's character doesn't dance to silly music like he used to. Well, when all the conflict is neatly wrapped up in the end, Will gets his silly dance on, joined by his wife and daughter. (cheese intensifies)All in all, a very well done parody.