The Kids Are All Right

2010

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

41
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 93% · 219 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 137851 137.9K

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Plot summary

Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.

Director

Lisa Cholodenko Photo
Lisa Cholodenko

Top cast

Josh Hutcherson Photo
Josh Hutcherson as Laser
Mark Ruffalo Photo
Mark Ruffalo as Paul
Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Jules
Annette Bening Photo
Annette Bening as Nic
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810.32 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 6
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
R
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Filipe Manuel Neto 5 / 10

**A “gay friendly” film that manages to be

**A “gay friendly” film that manages to be minimally neutral to also please those who are out of political and ideological struggles.** The troubled causes have never been so popular as they are today: from abortion to euthanasia, from the historical question between colonizing and colonized countries to the return of looted artworks by European museums, passing through the causes of the Gay Movement, whose acronym grows every year, to embrace any new definition invented for each way of feeling and living sexuality, reflecting a need for affirmation that is felt more strongly than the convenience of presenting a certain union in the ranks. This “gay friendly” film fits perfectly into a growing list of cinema works dedicated to scrutinizing the dynamics of these new families. The advantage of this film is that it is not overly militant. The script introduces us to two mature women, who live in a stable lesbian relationship and who decided to get pregnant, by artificial insemination (obviously the more traditional method was discarded for obvious reasons), the semen donor was the same and the children who were born are, therefore, half-siblings on the part of the father (whom they do not know). It is precisely the search for her biological father and the creation of a closer relationship with him that takes the plot forward, with the introduction of this friendly and uncomplicated man totally destabilizing the life of that house. I liked the movie in general. At the same time that it tries to deny that idea, much replicated, that two lesbians would instill their own sexual orientation in their children, the film seeks to create a question around the inviolability of the anonymity of the donors of seminal material… I cannot speak for everyone, but I would never donate semen if I suspected that, years later, someone might have knocked on my door and said he was my son. Anonymity is something that should be inviolable and sacred here, regardless of the will of those involved. It was the point in the script that bothered me the most, but there were a few more. For me, the strongest point of the film ends up being the cast and its very good performance, strongly supported by a duo of veterans: Julianne Moore and Annette Bening. Both are amazing in their characters, and they establish an excellent working dynamic and good chemistry. Mia Wasilowska and Josh Hutcherson, both still quite young, are a nice and refreshing addition to the cast, both of whom seem to be really enjoying what they're doing. Besides, we all know them nowadays, because they are two young stars. Although it's not that interesting, I have to admit that I liked Mark Ruffalo's work. I think his character was poorly thought out, and poorly written, but the actor manages himself very well and knows how to get around the obstacles that appear. It's not a technically remarkable film, it's notable that it didn't have a superb budget, and that it was a job done thanks, in part, to the extreme dedication of everyone involved. It doesn't have amazing cinematography and editing, but what it's done works well and is effective. The film has a pleasant, light pace, and a humorous and uncomplicated atmosphere.
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Reviewed by EmDee-427-469344 1 / 10

Really really bad

Pointless insulting movie.

Two lesbians have kids, then the two kids want to know who their father is...they find out. The mothers invite him to dinner for some bizarre and unnecessary reason. The "father" comes along, plays house and tries to be the father while pushing one of the mothers out of the picture (then has sex with the other mother).

For a film that is supposed to be about intelligent "liberal" lesbians, this sure makes them look uninformed and naïve. What enlightened person has sex with someone they aren't attracted to because they "want to be appreciated" as the cheating mother said rather than being a grown up and talking to your partner about needing to be appreciated?

As for the "father"... What man who donates sperm really wants to spend the rest of his life with the result of that donation without even knowing them at all beyond fun moments over food etc? What man wants to raise someone else's kids purely because they're fun? What lesbian woman wants to have sex with a man (let alone one she hardly knows beyond him complimenting her)?

What was the point of this movie? The only thing different at the end is that the kids know who their "father" is and now hate him, while their mothers are still their mothers and one of them is leaving home. Pointless and can only be seen as a token film about; A) Lesbian parent families with token making out between women B) Men being evil, opportunistic and big kids who are OK to know, but not OK to have around too long or they try to steal your lesbian partner and kids. And, C) Lesbian love prevailing in the end while the kids forgive cheating mom.

Seems like it was written by a lesbian who doesn't know many men and a man who is channeling his inner Big Daddy who wants fun kids and a wife he doesn't even know (while having no kids and wife in reality).

Oh..it was written by a lesbian and a man channeling his inner Big Daddy...move along nothing to see.

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