Synopsis
Instructions Not Included (No se aceptan devoluciones, 2013) is Eugenio Derbez's bittersweet comedy-drama, ready to watch online on iFILM. An Acapulco playboy opens his door one morning to find a former fling handing him a baby, then walking away for good.
Valentin has no clue how to raise a daughter, so he heads to Los Angeles to track the mother down. He never finds her, but he keeps the girl and brings Maggie up alone. Years later they're inseparable: the ex-ladies' man earns a living as a movie stunt double while his seven-year-old runs his whole world. Then the mother resurfaces. Derbez directs and stars as Valentin, with Loreto Peralta as little Maggie, and their chemistry holds the film together.
It became the highest-grossing Mexican movie of its era and a surprise crossover hit in U.S. theaters for Spanish-language film. Derbez swings between broad slapstick and unabashed melodrama, and the ending blindsides a lot of viewers. Keep tissues nearby. Stream Instructions Not Included (2013) online on iFILM.
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