Modern FamilyToday’s American families come in all shapes and sizes. When a documentary filmmaker turns his camera on three very different family units it becomes quickly apparent that they are anything but the cookie cutter mould of man+wife+2.5 kids. MODERN FAMILY takes an honest and funny look at the complications that come with being a family in today's world.

Take for example, Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire (Julie Bowen), the parents who want to have that open healthy honest relationships with their three kids. It’s not always easy, especially with a teenage daughter Haley (Sarah Hyland) who is growing up a little too fast, a middle daughter Alex (Ariel Winter) who is too-smart-for-her-own-good, and a rambunctious boy, Luke (Nolan Gould). On top of that, Phil wants to be the ‘cool dad’ while Claire is trying her best to run a tight ship, determined not to let her kids have the rebellious childhood she had.

Then there’s Jay (Ed O’Neill), your traditional guy's guy, who some would say is experiencing a bit of mid-life crisis. He’s found himself a younger, and much hotter, wife Gloria (Sofía Vergara), who has become the centre of his world. Gloria is a passionate and sassy divorcee who comes with an 11-year-old son, Manny (Rico Rodriguez), a real hopeless romantic. Already taking notice of girls, Manny is passionate just like his mum, spending most of his time daydreaming and writing poetry. As Manny’s new stepfather, Jay’s not too comfortable with this sensitive stuff. He would rather toughen Manny up, but that’s the least of Jay’s problems when he’s faced with the challenge of people mistaking him for Gloria’s father and not her husband.

And lastly, we have Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and his partner of 5 years Cameron (Eric Stonestreet), who have just taken that amazing next step of adopting a child together from Vietnam. While Cameron has a wonderfully big personality and - let’s admit it - maybe a flare for the dramatic, Mitchell is definitely the more serious of the two. They balance each other out and are already doting fathers - even a little overprotective of their little baby perhaps.

Life is not rigid, politically correct or tidy, but that’s exactly what makes it fun and interesting. MODERN FAMILY is a window into the sometimes warm and sometimes twisted embrace of three modern day families.