The Willoughbys
Available on Netflix
In THE WILLOUGHBYS, the four Willoughby kids -- Tim (voiced by Will Forte), Jane (Alessia Cara), and twins Barnaby and Barnaby (Sean Cullen) -- come from a long line of successful, respected, and mustache-wearing ancestors. Unfortunately, however, the present-day adult Willoughbys (Martin Short and Jane Krakowski) don't live up to the family name. Not only are they neither successful nor respected, but they're also atrocious parents. Spending all of their days smooching, knitting, and wrapped in each other's arms, they treat their kids as afterthoughts -- ignored, unfed, and unloved. When the kids find an abandoned baby girl -- an Orphan with a capital "O" -- on their doorstep, their efforts to find a home for little "Ruth" spark a terrific idea. What if they can become orphans themselves? And so, after the kids make a quick trip to a travel store and revise an enticing brochure, Father and Mother are off on an extended world tour, with some comic peril. The kids joyously celebrate their freedom until the cheapest nanny their parents could find shows up. Nanny Linda (Maya Rudolph) is as unexpected as her arrival. Horrified at first, the Willoughby kids soon learn that this nanny makes a very creative ally. Teaming up with Linda, that pesky little orphan baby, and a very quirky candy maker (Terry Crews), Tim, Jane, and Barnabys A and B fend off the return of Father and Mother Willoughby and find out what "family" really means.
Starring Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara
Director Kris Pearn