That reaction feels staged in comparison to the relaxed bon mots thrown by Tig Notaro and Octavia Spencer, both of whom single-handedly save those scenes with their timing and delivery. There’s a moment when Pete and Ellie share how great their new foster kids are and the group laughs because the new family is in their honeymoon period, but it’s a stilted kind of laugh and feels more awkward and somewhat mean. However, sometimes that sincerity feels undermined in scenes like the support group sessions. The children in the foster care system may have been abused or struggling to cope with losing their parents, and the movie is refreshingly honest about those issues. The premise of “Instant Family” is not an easy one to make light of, especially since Anders, who also co-wrote the movie, includes some serious doses of reality in the mix. After an all-too-brief honeymoon period, chaos starts to break out as first-time parents stumble through caring for a traumatized teenager and two scared children. The couple learns that Lizzy comes with two younger siblings, a sensitive boy named Juan (Gustavo Quiroz) and the tantrum-prone Lita ( Julianna Gamiz), and decides to take all three home. By chance, they end up interested in the case of Lizzy ( Isabela Moner), a sharp-but-troubled teenager. Worried about their age, they decide to foster in the hopes of adopting an older child. After an argument with Ellie’s sister, the pair begins thinking about having children. Pete (Wahlberg) and Ellie ( Rose Byrne) are a relatively nondescript couple who flip homes and live fairly tame, childless middle-class lives.
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