Chosen Family

This movie was cringe-worthy, cheesy, sappy, and corny. I understand that the creators had good intentions, and I managed to finish it, so I want to rate it at least two stars. They worked hard on this film, but it wasn't good. The acting and directing left a lot to be desired.

Heather Graham and Julia Stiles look amazing, but both are in their 50s, and I think they are trying to act like they're in their 30s. Their outfits were a bit revealing throughout the movie, which felt excessive. The film didn't seem very realistic or effectively portray real life. While Heather Graham has a beautiful body, part of me thinks she took this role mainly to showcase it and not much of her acting skills. And how does a yoga instructor afford a beautiful house by the water? I don't understand how anyone can relate to this movie.

Set against the charming backdrop of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, Chosen Family delivers a heartwarming blend of romance, comedy, and drama. Heather Graham stars as Ann, a yoga teacher struggling to balance the chaos of her demanding biological family with her search for romantic fulfillment. Ann's well-intentioned nature often leads her to try and fix everyone's problems, particularly those of her sister Clio (Julia Stiles), who is dealing with addiction.

Ann finds support in her close friends, who encourage her to pursue a relationship with Steve, a divorced father. While Ann is immediately drawn to Steve and his daughter, Lily, she soon finds herself navigating the unexpected challenges of winning over a jealous and competitive seven-year-old.

Chosen Family explores the complexities of family dynamics, both those we're born into and those we create. The film highlights the importance of supportive friendships and the challenges of finding love and building a blended family. While it embraces familiar romantic comedy tropes, it's grounded in relatable situations and genuine emotional struggles. This film is recommended for those who enjoy character-driven stories that celebrate the power of friendship and the possibility of finding love amidst life's messy realities. It's a feel-good movie with a good balance of humor and heart.

This movie was so bad, it literally forced me to make an IMBD account just to leave my first review. Every aspect of this movie is horrible. The directing and producing of this movie was painful to watch. It seemed extremely low budget. There was no plot or even overarching theme. Just a weird excuse of a movie. Do not waste your time. Ive never seen a movie with no plot. There was just random stuff thrown together. Was it a romcom? A comedy? A drama? Trauma dump? Honestly I have no clue and neither did the characters. Also the acting was horrendous, which is weird because many of the actors have been apart of larger films but all acting skills went out the window with this movie.

This movie trailer gives the impression of a romcom, but between the mediocre acting, the used up plot, and the fact that there is no rom or com it was just disappointing. The basic storyline is downtrodden girl who is emotionally abused by her family, and who is a yes girl. She meets a "the man of her dreams" but he has a daughter that he caters to, unrealistically so, I really wish the script writer had stuck with just one storyline and not made this characters life so tragic. She remains upbeat the whole time and you root for her to just loose it on the family, and cut them out of her life. The end also just kind of leaves you hanging. In the end it was a waste of time and money.

In charmless cheap drama "Chosen Family" Heather Graham's an upper-class US East coast community's yoga teacher with awful parents, addict sister Julia Stiles (the best aspect of this tripe) who blames her for her woes, and dire taste in men til she meets John Brotherton who seems perfect (to her & her pals anyway - to any ordinary person he'd surely seem a smug dweeb) though he too has issues - with obnoxious 7yr old daughter Ella Grace Helton. It is cringe-worthily abysmal. Graham screwed up SO badly in her second film as writer / director (after 2018's "Half Magic"). For a WAY better movie with a similar theme try "I'll Be Right There", cos this turd stinks.