Instructions Not Included

Instructions Not Included (2013)

Genres - Comedy, Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Comedy of Manners  |   Release Date - Aug 30, 2013 (USA - Limited), Aug 30, 2013 (USA)  |   Run Time - 122 min.  |   Countries - Mexico  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

An Acapulco playboy finds a baby on his doorstep, and he embraces his newfound role as a parent while also stumbling into a new career as a Hollywood stuntman after moving to Los Angeles to search for the girl's missing mother. Valentin (Eugenio Derbez) romanced his fair share of beauties, but he never realized he had become a father until a former lover left him with a screaming infant. The mother nowhere to be found, Mexico native Valentin sets his sights on L.A., and moves to the city with baby in tow. Over the course of the next six years, Valentin becomes a loving father to his growing daughter Maggie (Loreto Peralta) while rising through the ranks of fearless Hollywood stuntmen. Later, when Maggie's biological mother shows up determined to take back her daughter, Valentin realizes just how much meaning the little girl has brought to his frivolous life, and vows to fight for custody by any means necessary.

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baby, bachelor, career, custody-battle, Hollywood, playboy, stuntperson, swinging-single, womanizer