Adopted

This movie wasn't great but was entertaining enough to keep my interest. This was a basic done before plot structure . Killer foster kid deceives everyone into thinking he is an innocent kid before he starts killing. This was sort of a Mikey rip off without the clever kills. This kid was too obvious and sloppy as depicted in the end. It started out really well and kept my attention. The problem was they used guns too much they were definitely going for a California liberal anti gun message but instead created a message about proper gun storage ( which I support) and if that was the intention I give it one more star. Anyhow the movie started out good but fell flat in the 3rd act. They should have been more creative with the story. This movie was a decent watch but could have been better.

OK, from the outset, it was clear that this was a low-budget, indie pic, so I watched with grace to see what the end product would be. The plot is clearly not original--which is OK. The premise and backstory were clear from the outset, although I'm not sure making the adopted child's backstory so blatant in the very beginning hurt or helped. The script was OK, better than the acting. The acting...? Well, this is, as mentioned, an obviously low-budget project, so I won't comment beyond that. The pacing was fine. The direction was...well, everything about a film is ultimately the responsibility of the director. I appreciate the director's commitment to this film. The film's score wasn't bad. Everything mentioned thus far can be forgiven and even appreciated in a way. But the ENDING...many-a-film has been totally destroyed by its ending. And the last two or three minutes of ADOPTED falls into this category. The decision made by a key character at that point was entire moronic and served only to setup the entirely unsatisfactory finish, that's it. It otherwise made no sense whatsoever and insulted the intelligence of the viewer.

Kudos to Jayden Aguirre, who played Dylan. He managed a performance that was truly chilling at some points. Better direction would have helped at point where he didn't deliver.

I have a fondness for low-budget indie films. I watch a lot of them, in fact. ADOPTED, I can gladly say, is not on my list of worst films. And I can truly appreciate the effort behind it.

Besides the major jumps in timeline, the acting was atrocious! The young man who plays the kid is so unbelievable. I don't usually slam the acting ability of kids, but he was horrible. Not unlike the adults. The plot was so lackluster, no skin in the game for character development or any believability.

Of course, watched the whole thing because it was literally just on for background noise, so you know if I noticed how bad it was with it just being background, it was horrible.

Most unbelievable story line. I mean, if you're going to write a movie about something that COULD be real, at least make it believable how it could happen. Pathetic excuse for a movie.

This is the worst movie of 2024. I am not kidding. Drew Sidora must be desperate for roles. This was terrible. More people need to start telling the truth about Tubi movies. Bad acting is unacceptable.

Speaking of bad acting. This movie has alot of it. The adopted boy could not act to save his life. No type of range. Just the same preppy, cringe tone. Drew Sidora also sounded preppy and cringe with no range. The adopted girl could not act worth one red penny.

The plot also was comical. A little boy goes around killing people and getting away with it. That doesn't make sense. He's a kid. Not a trained assassin.

Do not waste your time with this movie. Unless you want to laugh at how bad it is. This is terrible.

Ignore the naysayers completely.

This was hilariously fluffy all the way, while the tyrannical psychotic little kid delivered in Spades.

Sweet as apple pie on the outside...and an utterly rotten apple inside.

This was well plotted and paced and the shocks and hits just keep coming one after another, and those on the naive clueless delivery end step into it all very nicely so to speak for this kind of film.

Think of a Chucky in the flesh who is cuter, funnier, far more charming...and who is certainly as self-centered and chillingly ruthless. Again, ignore the naysayers... If you like these kind of films, then this is one you'll certainly remember.

The kid nailed it...