A Deadly Adoption
Lifetime | Release Date: June 20, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
67
The A.V. ClubJoshua AlstonJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: Everything about Adoption is right visually, and Ferrell and Wiig are close enough to where they should be tonally, but it’s all a bit too earnest. Ferrell and Wiig’s performances are a bit too nuanced, as if they’re afraid pushing it any harder would tilt the film from homage to parody. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: 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. Read full review
30
VarietyBrian LowryJun 22, 2015
Season 1 Review: Mostly, the experience is a head-scratcher all around. Because even by the undemanding standards evoked by the traditional image of Lifetime movies, the only deadly thing about this Adoption is just how dull it was. Read full review
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