THEN SHE FOUND ME
A moving, intelligent drama about family, faith, and adoption.
Should You Watch It?
Then She Found Me is a moving, intelligent drama about what happens when family relationships break down and unexpected relationships begin. The writing is superb, the acting is very honest, and the film treats complex life issues seriously.
Its strongest themes are the value of family, the wrongness of abandoning a marriage, the dignity of adoption, and the difficult question of whether God can be trusted when life feels painful and complicated. April’s journey toward prayer and peace is emotionally affecting, even though her understanding of God remains mixed.
The R rating matters. Strong language, depicted sex, drinking, and brief nudity make this inappropriate for children and young teens. Adults who can thoughtfully engage those concerns may find the film worth seeing; for family viewing, choose something else.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESApril, an adopted woman living in an orthodox Jewish home, faces the collapse of her marriage to Ben. As she begins a new relationship, she also encounters the birth mother she never knew.
April’s desire to have a baby brings old wounds about adoption and belonging to the surface. As family questions, faith, betrayal, and trust converge, she must decide what kind of life—and what kind of family—she will embrace.
Is It Any Good?
Four stars means this is an exceptionally strong drama. The writing is superb, and the acting is very honest, especially as the characters face betrayal, longing, family conflict, and questions about belief.
The film’s issues are complex, but it deals with them intelligently rather than reducing them to easy answers. Its emotional power comes from the seriousness with which it treats relationships and the value of family.
The Worldview
The film presents family as deeply valuable and depicts Ben’s decision to leave his marriage because he “doesn’t want this life anymore” as wrong. Adoption is ultimately shown in a positive light, while April’s own adoption shapes her fear that she was less important to her adoptive mother than her mother’s biological son.
Faith is central to April’s story. She struggles with what she sees as betrayal by God, then finds some peace by viewing God as difficult, complicated, and awful, much as she sees herself. Her decision to pray at a difficult moment shows genuine trust, but the message is mixed because she is making God in her image rather than seeing humanity as made in God’s image. The film also presents an orthodox Jewish marriage, funeral, Shabbat celebrations, and traditional prayers in Hebrew. April looks to God, while other characters do not, and her birth mother openly says she does not believe in God. A humanist worldview and romantic worldview also shape parts of the story, along with references supporting same-sex marriage.
At the center is the dignity of adoption. As Paul writes, God “predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 1:5).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
Strong moral worldview with positive expressions of belief in God by heroine in a Jewish setting but with strong humanist worldview expressed by the heroine’s birth mother, a nonbeliever, along with a Romantic worldview overtone, plus some politically correct references about same-sex marriage; 10 obscenities and 19 profanities; no violence; depicted sexual promiscuity; upper female nudity (very briefly on screen) and females in underwear; drinking; no smoking; and, husband abandons wife, lying.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
April’s experience of adoption shapes how she understands belonging. What does it mean that God adopts believers as His children?
Ephesians 1:5 · Romans 8:15–17Ben abandons his marriage because he no longer wants his life. What responsibilities come with a marriage covenant, especially when feelings change?
Malachi 2:14–16 · Matthew 19:6April struggles to trust God when life feels painful and complicated. How can honest prayer lead us toward God without remaking Him in our own image?
Psalm 13 · Isaiah 55:8–9The film presents family as valuable even when relationships are wounded. How can your family practice patience, truth, and forgiveness?
Colossians 3:12–14 · Ephesians 4:31–32The Final Word
This is a superbly written, honestly acted drama about adoption, family, faith, and trust. Its strong language, sex, and other adult content mean it is not for children or young teens. For discerning adults willing to engage its complexities, WORTH THE TRIP — ADULTS ONLY. Families should choose from our family-friendly picks.
