Change of Plans

2011 "Sometimes Life Gives You More Than You Bargained For"
6| 1h30m| en
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Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Sjhm This is a genuinely charming family film which hits all the right spots. Starring Brooke White and Joe Flanigan as the free-wheeling career couple with no plans outside of their here and now. All that changes when Sally's (White) oldest friend dies and leaves Sally her four children. Suddenly the perfect, high octane lives of Sally, and her fighter-pilot engineer husband Jason (Flanigan) are turned upside down. It is all a little simplistic, and the perfect family comprising one child from each of four ethnic groups is perhaps a bit of a stretch, but this film is not about political correctness, more about the importance of letting go of the dream you thought you had to let something bigger into your life. Brooke White is a surprise, she plays Sally with a quirky warmth and conviction without going over the top, Joe Flanigan is solid and dependable as her all action husband (a role he seems born to play!), and the children all convince as the displaced souls learning to live in a different place. The story is heart-warming and well worth an evening's viewing.
ilijajorgacevic It's a great and really nice movie, deserves better rate then it has right now, the acting ain't bad at all, actually the acting to me seems superb, the movie is touching and i really like it, the movie is about two people, Sally and Jason Danville who were recently given four kids into their custody cause their mom and dad were in an accident, it shows how they struggle to be their parents sense they never were parents before but at least they are trying, at first they thought about giving them away to another family but they changed their mind about it and on the end they adopted them, but you probably expected that, it is the kind of movie a lot of us already watched but some people haven't and may enjoy this kind of movie, you will definitely enjoy watching this movie.
rightwingisevil wow, now walmart also into movie production. this movie is just too bland like one of the movies produced by hallmark or life, so tasteless and so predictable with bad acting and storyline. a movie just for high school leveled housewives under the age of 25 and for their kids. the American idol finalist now got an opportunity to be an actor but i have to say that by playing the wife, the couple just acted like a bad sitcom soap opera. there's no convincing and believable chemistry between them at all. she was just like what she could do on the stage, banging the piano, singing the lukewarm songs. this is horrible movie, and i am suspicious that one of the other two reviewers given high scores could be a high ranking walmart person just wanted to promote this tasteless and tiresome movie produced by them.
vchimpanzee 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.