At the start of the movie, Sally is performing music that could be country, alternative rock or classic rock. Someone would have to tell me. Then she goes to pick up her husband Dan, a former Air Force pilot who now designs fighter planes, at the local Air Force base.
As the couple prepares to go on a much-needed vacation in Tahiti, the phone rings. Sally's former best friend Teresa and her husband Frank have been killed. Teresa's will leaves their biological daughter Jordan and their three adopted children to Sally. Teresa and Frank were in Uganda serving in the Peace Corps. Kaleb is from Uganda, Javier is Latino and Sung-Lee is from China.
Sally doesn't want to raise children. Her career is about to take off, and she has a chance to go on tour. And Frank gets an offer to resume his career as a test pilot, meaning a great deal of travel. The marriage is under a lot of stress due to the couple being separated already.
Nevertheless, Sally and Frank take the children temporarily while Dorothy searches for homes for them. Not one home for all of them; this is very unlikely. And that fact bothers Sally and Frank as they get to know the children.
The children are all basically good and mature. Jordan is about to turn sixteen and very responsible, even doing her share to take care of the other kids before even being asked. She's naturally beautiful, as opposed to American girls who wear lots of makeup. and Noah notices her when she shows interest in volunteer work.
Javier is somewhat of a troublemaker, but more mature than a lot of American children. He enjoys soccer, and his ability to kick attracts the attention of the football coach at the high school. And he falls for a blue-haired girl named Christine who is actually quite nice.
Kaleb is younger than the others and enjoys bongo drums. Sung-Lee is the youngest of all and quite adorable, though she doesn't yet realize her parents aren't coming back.
The movie goes pretty much as one would expect. The children must adjust to a new culture and learn to make friends in a new environment. The temporary foster parents have to learn about responsibility and choices. There are plenty of struggles.
Will it work out? Will other homes, or one home, be found for the children? Will the one home, in fact, be the one intended?
The children are all very appealing. The three older ones all do a very good job. Clarissa Suwoko is more of a real child than an actress, but she gets the job done in her own way.
The actors playing the parents are also very good. And of course Phylicia Rashad is talented as always. A little demanding, but she has the children's best interests at heart.
The children are all positive role models, having been brought up right. They're not the bratty kids you see on TV. Well, not really. Javier has his issues.
This is a family-friendly story, with a minimum of offensive content. A little blood results from "boys will be boys" behavior.
I didn't care for the music, but it's what would appeal to the movie's target audience. Not particularly loud like so much of what teens like, but just not my taste.
This seems like it would be the pilot for a TV series, and if it was, I would watch the series. I liked it that much.
As the couple prepares to go on a much-needed vacation in Tahiti, the phone rings. Sally's former best friend Teresa and her husband Frank have been killed. Teresa's will leaves their biological daughter Jordan and their three adopted children to Sally. Teresa and Frank were in Uganda serving in the Peace Corps. Kaleb is from Uganda, Javier is Latino and Sung-Lee is from China.
Sally doesn't want to raise children. Her career is about to take off, and she has a chance to go on tour. And Frank gets an offer to resume his career as a test pilot, meaning a great deal of travel. The marriage is under a lot of stress due to the couple being separated already.
Nevertheless, Sally and Frank take the children temporarily while Dorothy searches for homes for them. Not one home for all of them; this is very unlikely. And that fact bothers Sally and Frank as they get to know the children.
The children are all basically good and mature. Jordan is about to turn sixteen and very responsible, even doing her share to take care of the other kids before even being asked. She's naturally beautiful, as opposed to American girls who wear lots of makeup. and Noah notices her when she shows interest in volunteer work.
Javier is somewhat of a troublemaker, but more mature than a lot of American children. He enjoys soccer, and his ability to kick attracts the attention of the football coach at the high school. And he falls for a blue-haired girl named Christine who is actually quite nice.
Kaleb is younger than the others and enjoys bongo drums. Sung-Lee is the youngest of all and quite adorable, though she doesn't yet realize her parents aren't coming back.
The movie goes pretty much as one would expect. The children must adjust to a new culture and learn to make friends in a new environment. The temporary foster parents have to learn about responsibility and choices. There are plenty of struggles.
Will it work out? Will other homes, or one home, be found for the children? Will the one home, in fact, be the one intended?
The children are all very appealing. The three older ones all do a very good job. Clarissa Suwoko is more of a real child than an actress, but she gets the job done in her own way.
The actors playing the parents are also very good. And of course Phylicia Rashad is talented as always. A little demanding, but she has the children's best interests at heart.
The children are all positive role models, having been brought up right. They're not the bratty kids you see on TV. Well, not really. Javier has his issues.
This is a family-friendly story, with a minimum of offensive content. A little blood results from "boys will be boys" behavior.
I didn't care for the music, but it's what would appeal to the movie's target audience. Not particularly loud like so much of what teens like, but just not my taste.
This seems like it would be the pilot for a TV series, and if it was, I would watch the series. I liked it that much.