About Good American Family
| Title: | Good American Family |
|---|---|
| Plot: | A Midwestern couple adopts who they believe to be a little girl with dwarfism but gradually started to believe she may not be who she said she was. |
| Cast: | Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Imogen Faith Reid, Sarayu Blue, Aias Dalman, Azriel Dalman |
Good American Family
Sonal Pandya
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Heightened Fictionalised Series Aims To Unpack Bizarre True Life Story Of Natalia Grace
Created by Katie Robbins, the complex but biased family drama skews in favour of the adults as it debuts on OTT.
There have several documentaries and series dissecting the curious case of Natalia Grace, a young Ukrainian girl with dwarfism adopted by an American couple. Later, the couple, Kristen and Michael Barnett, allege that they’ve been misled and Natalia is actually an adult. The adoption drama, which later escalates into a legal trial, is detailed in the new JioHotstar series, Good American Family, led by Ellen Pompeo and Mark Duplass. The tone of the series feels similar to a horror film or a car crash, when you know that the inevitable is upon you soon. Kristen (Ellen Pompeo) and Michael Barnett (Mark Duplass) already have a strained marriage, raising three boys, including one with autism. They are seeking to adopt a young girl to complete their family. Kristen is shown as a selfless Midwestern mother, running a rec center for special needs and raising her autistic son, who is considered a prodigy. Meanwhile, Michael is shown as slightly more needy and unable to handle the larger pressures of life. Their marriage is one crack away from splitting when Natalia Grace (Imogen Faith Reid) enters their home.