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FilmPG-132018
Instant Family
Directed by Sean Anders
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight. From TMDB
37 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 18, 2026 · How this works
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Instant Family is a 2018 comedy drama film, directed by Sean Anders, starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne and Allyn Rachel.
- 32 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
- posts span Dec 17, 2018 to Oct 17, 2026
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37 of 37 · most liked first4/15: Your favorite family film Instant Family This film is an absolute gem!!! #AprilFilmChallenge #Moviesky 🎬🎥🍿 📺📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t talk about it on here as much as I should, but becoming an adoptive mom is the best thing I’ve ever done. If you’ve never seen it, I highly recommend Instant Family. It’s a great film about adoption, and Tig Notaro and Octavia Spencer are both outstanding. #momsky #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →15 movies to get to know me: 1) Terrifier 3 2) Scream 5 3) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 4) Coraline 5) Sinners 6) Scary Movie 7) Evil Dead Rise 8) Flow 9) Your Monster 10) The Meg 11) Away We Go 12) School Of Rock 13) Instant Family 14) Venom 15) Jaws
neutral · AI labelView post →INSTANT FAMILY is the #1 movie on #Netflix at the moment. I interviewed the director Sean Anders and it’s *the definitive* interview on this film. freshfiction.tv/interview-fi...
neutral · AI labelView post →I got the movies Family Plan and Instant Family mixed up in my head and was very confused by the Family Plan 2 trailer I just saw. (Never seen either movie, I've just seen clips of Instant Family, I think)
neutral · AI labelView post →My family got to go to the premiere of the movie Instant Family. I was more starstruck to walk past Stephen Tobolowsky (who was not in the movie but there with Julie Hagerty) than anyone else who was there.
neutral · AI labelView post →I got The Family Plan confused with the Mark Wahlberg adoption movie Instant Family and I was surprised they recast Isabela Merced and had Jon Snow hunting them in the sequel
neutral · AI labelView post →The foster care expert behind the hit movie, Instant Family is coming to Birmingham, AL! Meet Allison Davis Maxon, MS, LMFT: Executive Director of the National Center on Adoption & Permanency, a 2017 “Angels in Adoption” honoree, and co-author of Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency.
neutral · AI labelView post →Instant Family is too good a film for Mark Wahlberg
positive · AI labelView post →The need for foster families remains critical. Some children urgently need a safe & loving home. To help raise awareness, we’re hosting a FREE screening of Instant Family on Sat, Jan 24. This heartfelt movie offers a glimpse into the life of foster parenting. After the film, a brief Q&A.
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Top 4 Movies Released on November 16! What's your fave? 1. Stop Making Sense (1984) 2. The 400 Blows (1959) 3. Instant Family (2018) 4. From Up on Poppy Hill (2012) 60 movies released today! Check them out at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait, I’m thinking of Instant Family. I have no idea what this movie is.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of life's great joys is when one of your favorite non-household-name actors pops up unexpectedly in a movie. I was not ready for this to happen 4 times in Instant Family of all things. Octavia Spencer's in this? TIG NOTARO's in this? MARGO MARTINDALE'S IN THIS? JOAN CUSACK'S IN THIS?!?!?!?!?!?
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.35pm, Instant Family on Film4. At 9pm, The Client on ITV4, Escape Plan on Legend or Convoy on Legend Xtra. At 10pm, 28 Days Later on BBC3. At 11pm, The Piano on BBC2. At 11.15, Red Rock West on Legend. At 11.25pm, Seven Psychopaths on Film4. At 11.35pm, Police Academy on ITV4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →In the movie Instant Family, Octavia Spencer is offered pie and she says to Tig Notaro’s character, “It’s pie. You know I love pie.” That’s one deep, deep cut.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh the weirdest movie homework had to be Instant Family while going through the foster care training process but surprisingly a lot of that movie is accurate to how foster care works
neutral · AI labelView post →The #YouTube comments on the trailer for Mark Wahlberg #film Instant Family are unhinged 😆 youtu.be/IUfZq3DUd3Y?... #FilmSky 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Instant Family 4K (iTunes)(US) $4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.1 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar, Julianna Gamiz, Octavia Spencer
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie: Instant Family (Peacock) I did NOT expect to relate to this movie as hard as I did. And yes I did tear up just a bit towards the end. 😂 Adoption is such a beautiful thing man, and don't let anyone tell you it isn't. I'm thankful for my little sister every day. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Good being sick/airplane movie: Instant Family. Say Anything is good any time.
positive · AI labelView post →Love the #InstantFamily movie 2018 🎥 thank you Sean Anders, Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Octavia Spencer, Tig Notaro, Margo Martindale, Julie Hagerty, Michael O’keefe … youtu.be/26R6JVJ6KOw
positive · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.45, Instant Family on Film4. At 8pm, This Is Xmas on Sky Showcase. At 9pm, Last Train To Xmas on Sky Comedy. At 9.10, Breathless on Talking Pictures. At 10.25, Jaws on ITV4. At 10.45, Inglourious Basterds on Film4. At 11.40, Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge on BBC1 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Instant Family 1080p (iTunes)(AU) AU$4.99 (Comedy) (iMDB) 7.1 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar, Julianna Gamiz, Octavia Spencer
neutral · AI labelView post →INSTANT Family, where Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne become foster parents, is actually pretty good! I thought that was the movie I was seeing a sequel to when I sat down to watch The Family Plan 2. The Family Plan 2 sucked.
positive · AI labelView post →He learned this after making a film near my house that bombed at the box office but became a streaming hit. "Instant Family."
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on November 16! What's your fave? 1. The 400 Blows 2. From Up on Poppy Hill 3. Instant Family 4. Tomboy Check out all 60 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Comedy Movies Released on November 16! What's your fave? 1. Instant Family 2. Home Alone 3. Double Trouble 4. Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special Check out all 60 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Comedy
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #InstantFamily #MarkWahlberg You Have 10 Days Left to Watch Mark Wahlberg’s $48 Million Sleeper Hit With Isabela Merced http://dlvr.it/TMrpZ1
neutral · AI labelView post →As a former foster family, who adopted a sibling group from foster care, we absolutely LOVED the movie, Instant Family (2018, on Netflix). In 2 hours, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ridiculous are expressed in a loving way. Octavia Spencer stole every scene she was in.
positive · AI labelView post →The (movie) Instant Family (4K) is available today on (iTunes)(France) for €4.99 Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Merced, Gustavo Escobar, Julianna Gamiz, Octavia Spencer Genre: (Comedy) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/instant_fa...
neutral · AI labelView post →21. Instant Family (2018) I don't know how to feel about this movie. It felt like it kept flip flopping between really genuine and nice moments, and then the most poorly executed schadenfreude known to mankind 7/10
neutral · AI labelView post →Instant Family is too good of a film to be as underrated as it is. Like absolutely hilarious
positive · AI labelView post →My son & The Mrs are still in bed. As I wait for them to start our Christmas celebration, I’m enjoying a coffee & one of my fave movies. Though not a “Christmas movie” - it will fill you with the love of the season. “Instant Family” m.youtube.com/watch?v=IUfZ... #Adoption #NativePride #Family
positive · AI labelView post →Confession: I cried watching Instant Family 😭😭😭 that movie was so sweet
positive · AI labelView post →Mark Wahlberg has numerous hate crimes under his belt against minorities. Watching Instant Family starring Mark. He is adopting minority children. This is a horror movie
negative · AI labelView post →Nov 18: Adoption 👨👩👦👦 #Bales2023FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬 @bales1181 #InstantFamily (2018) A couple find themselves in over their heads when they adopt 3 kids.
neutral · AI labelView post →First of all, the acting in this film just perfect. In every scene, you can see and tell that all the actors and actresses were giving it their one hundred and ten percent. Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne played compelling characters that seemed like real people. I think any parent will be able to relate to them in one way or another. The kid actors did great, especially Isabela Moner who plays Lizzy. Just like how Mark and Rose played characters parents can relate to Isabela played a character…
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