A Deadly Adoption is a 2015 American satirical thriller drama television film[2] directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Harper Steele.

[a] A satirical take on the made-for-television thriller film (mostly released under the Lifetime Channel), it stars comedians Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig as a typical middle-class husband and wife, with Jessica Lowndes serving as the villain.

Married couple Robert and Sarah Benson are parents of one-year-old daughter, Sully, and are expecting a second child.

During Sully's first birthday party, Sarah accidentally falls into the lake behind their home when a dock railing breaks.

Five years following the tragedy, Robert, a finance guru and best-selling author, is now a recovering alcoholic, reclusive and over-protective of Sully who is a type-1 diabetic.

Sully falls ill due to lack of insulin, forcing Bridgette to confront Robert and Sarah.

A struggle ensues in which Bridgette shoots and wounds Robert; and, overpowers Sarah, trapping her in her running vehicle in the closed garage to appear she committed suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning.

Club gave the film a B−, commenting on the straight dramatic acting by the principals: "Everything about Adoption is right visually, and Ferrell and Wiig are close enough to where they should be tonally, but it's all a bit too earnest.

"[7] In an interview with Conan O'Brien, Ferrell explains that the joke lay in the absurdity of producing a straight Lifetime movie.