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Not a comedy. And its well-done


A+E Networks senior VP of original movies Tanya Lopez and VP of original movies Arturo Interian:

"TANYA LOPEZ I don’t know if we’ll ever know whether it was a bet from a group of friends or he really wanted to do it…. We weren’t clear if it was going to be authentic, if it really was going to be this murder story…. It’s not a comedy. And it’s well-done."


"ARTURO INTERIAN It’s not the Scary Movie parody of a Lifetime movie. He wanted to legitimately do a Lifetime sexual thriller…. The initial plan was to put on the air with zero fanfare. Just sneak it on. You were going to see promos that were kind of oblique, it’s A Deadly Adoption. A thriller promo. You’re not sure who’s in it. It was interesting that the story leaked and that’s what threw us. We thought we had it under wraps."



http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/17/will-ferrell-a-deadly-adoption-kristen-wiig-25-years-lifetime


LATER EDIT:

Review of the movie: http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/06/20/lifetimes-deadly-adoption-was-not-completely-a-joke-and-we-kind-of-love-it/

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It wasn't a parody like Mel Brooks movies or Top Secret, Naked Gun, etc, but it was a parody, played straight-face (sometimes too straight-faced) of Lifetime movies, presented as part of Lifetime's 25th Anniversary. For avid Lifetime movie fans, it could be watched as a serious movie, but I'd advise watching a second time to look for the parts played strictly to parody Lifetime's typical movies. Think about how it's so predictable--with a title like A Deadly Adoption, that pregnant woman sitting on a wharf that we learn is off limits, is bound to fall and have a miscarriage, which will lead to an adoption with deadly consequences. Then this seemingly perfect, unbelievably beautiful girl shows up as the birth mother! We find out she's planning to seduce Robert. Skip to her attempted murder of Sarah, then shooting Robert. Blood is pouring from his shoulder, that would've weakened a normal man too much to be able to rescue his wife from the car, much less carry her out of the garage standing perfectly erect like Superman! And afterwards take a boat, riding from dark to daylight to that bridge to wait there for Joni to come by in the truck! We also find out that before leaving in the boat, he managed to think clearly enough to bring Sully's insulin! See what else you can find.


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