gbkmmaurstad Nic is an OBGYN, (Annette Bening) married to Jules, (Julianne Moore) a stay at home wife flirting with starting a landscape business. Both of the women have given birth to a child provided by the same sperm donor. Underage son Laser, (Josh Hutcherson) wants to know more about his biological father and convinces his 18 year old sister to find out who their father is.Unbeknownst to Nic and Jules, the brother and sister meet their biological Dad (Mark Ruffalo) and being seeing him. Eventually the two Moms find out and decide they should all get to know each other a little better. This is where I think the film falls a bit short, great actors, good script idea, but the ending was a bit to Pollyanna. Still, it does bring up some interesting thoughts and if you like Bening, Moore, or Ruffalo it's still worth the watch.

powermandan The Kids Are All Right is one of those films that makes me want hug myself. There is so much love and happiness in everything that went into the making of this. It successfully rubbed off onto me.This takes a more risqué look at modern American families by taking a look at loving family with two children and two mothers. But homosexuality is pretty common these days and the movie doesn't try to force-feed anything into the viewer. It just wants to take a look at a different kind of family. Nic and Jules (both fantastically played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) live in suburban Los Angeles with their two teenage kids Joni and Laser (Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson). Joni is about to go off to college and Laser is getting involved in weird jazz that typical teenage boys try out. Nic is a doctor and the breadwinner of the family, while Jules tried architecture but agreed to be the stay-at-home-mom. The family may be unorthodox, but that doesn't matter.One day, Laser talks Joni into tracking down their sperm father. He turns out to be a care-free hippie. Mark Ruffalo was nominated for an Oscar for his fun performance as loose-cannon Paul. When Paul enters the picture, it complicates everything for the family. But for everything bad that happens, we all know something good must happens in return. They love Paul's spirit. He knows that he's immature and he doesn't want to break the family apart, but he still wants to keep in touch and be a part of their lives. The only person that doesn't like Paul is Nic. She is the most uptight parent as well as the most successful. Jules likes him though. As she starts her own gardening business, Paul helps out finds the love that she's been missing. Is she now straight? Questions like this are asked numerous times and there is never an easy explanation. But they must get in touch with their personal feelings. I often see people bashing the ending for being too feminist and whatnot, but I disagree. I do think that his outing by turning him into a villain was a bad move, but what happens later rectifies this mistake. The rejection of Paul to the very last frame is very powerful in showing the love and endurance in the family. So strong, that they really have nothing to worry about as a whole soon after. Do they forgive Paul? Of course. The power of love in the family is too strong to let anybody stand in their way. And Paul is such a significant part of their lives. Nothing had to be spelled out for me.One thing that I love about this film that I hardy ever see people praise is the general look. The cloudless blue skies with the beautiful sun beating down on the gardening and the Los Angeles area are all so gorgeous. But of course, the characters are all to thank. They are all so well-developed and so well- performed. I felt so much greatness behind everything that happened. Here is a film that knows and likes the characters, exactly the way they are. So we end up loving them too.

Psycane It is not hard to notice when something you were very much anticipating disappoints. But it is great when it is everything you hope. Especially if it is even more so. This is a fantastic film in all ways. Julianne Moore, Annete Benning, Mark Ruffalo as well as the younger actors were all excellent and definitely understood there respective characters. The film was written very well, challenging the ideas of certain families and what family is as well as relationships. Comedic Dramas can either succeed fabulously or fail miserably. I am happy to say that I both laughed and teared up during this film. The end wrapped up the story very well and certainly captures what the film had been saying up to that point and was setting up. The film surprised me in many ways and certain scenes that happened. I knew as much as the basic plot and who was in it and, honestly, if you went into this movie knowing nothing, that is the best way to experience. Superbly directed, this independent picture had everyone working on it passionate about the project and it shows.

Davis P The Kids Are All Right is a very well made film that focuses on two same sex partners and their children. The children find their sperm donor, and thus we have our movie. All the performances in the film are sublime, absolutely wonderful! Julianne Moore and Annette bening have amazing on screen chemistry together, especially in the intense scenes. Also, josh hutcherson, and Mia were had really impressive performances as well, so did Mark ruffalo as Paul. The dialogue in the film is really good and intense, very impressed!! The sex scenes, I thought, we're just a bit much, maybe a little too graphic, but that was really the only issue I had with the movie, other than that, it was great, loved it! 8/10