"Academy Award nominees Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star in this funny, smart and vibrant portrait of a modern American family. Nic (Bening) and Jules (Moore) are your average suburban couple raising their two teens, Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson), in Southern California. But when the kids secretly track down their "donor dad," Paul (Mark Ruffalo), an unexpected new chapter begins for everyone as family ties are defined, re-defined and then re-re-defined. Fall in love with the big-hearted comedy that critics are calling "one of the best films of the year!" (Michael Phillips, At the Movies)"
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| I don't know what's more delightful ? that The Kids Are All Right stars Bening, Moore, and Ruffalo at the top of their games in an irresistible story of lesbian marriage, sperm-donor fatherhood, sex, red wine, and teen angst. Or that this warm, funny, sexy, smart movie erases the boundaries between specialized ''gay content'' and universal ''family content'' with such sneaky authority. —Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly |
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I don't know what's more delightful ? that The Kids Are All Right stars Bening, Moore, and Ruffalo at the top of their games in an irresistible story of lesbian marriage, sperm-donor fatherhood, sex, red wine, and teen angst. Or that this warm, funny, sexy, smart movie erases the boundaries between specialized ''gay content'' and universal ''family content'' with such sneaky authority.
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
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...so canny in its insights and so agile in its negotiation of complex emotions that it deserves to stand on its own. It is outrageously funny without ever exaggerating for comic effect, and heartbreaking with only minimal melodramatic embellishment.
—A. O. Scott New York Times
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Whatever your politics, between peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous script, this is the sort of pleasingly grown-up fare all too rare in the mainstream daze of this very dry summer.
—Betsy Sharkey Los Angeles Times
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Cholodenko?s casually observant style perfectly matches the cast?s thoughtful work, though the film ultimately proves more successful at creating messy situations than trying to resolve them...
—Keith Phipps Onion AV Club
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"All right" doesn't begin to describe it. The Kids Are All Right is wonderful.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
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...stunning yet relatable...
—Alynda Wheat People
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Serious comedy, powered by an enthusiastic cast and full of good-natured innuendo...
—J. Hoberman LA Weekly
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I like how this hilarious and heartfelt movie approaches family.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
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Serious comedy, powered by an enthusiastic cast and full of good-natured innuendo...
—J. Hoberman Village Voice
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...probing, poignant and, above all, highly entertaining.
—Claudia Puig USA Today
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...terrifically entertaining and moving...
—Bill Gibron filmcritic.com
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...a smart comedy...
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
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...more than all right.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
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An otherwise conventional romantic comedy centering on the mid-life parenting issues of a long-time lesbian couple, this love letter to gay-marriage supporters is respectably entertaining filmmaking, it's just not exceptional.
—Justin Lowe Hollywood Reporter
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...this isn't the stuff of summer action flicks, but universal affairs of the heart.
—Lauren WIssot Slant Magazine
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...a ruefully funny, beautifully acted comedy of manners and unconventional celebration of gay marriage.
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
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...is alright, if not up to the level of writer-director Lisa Cholodenko's earlier pair of new bohemian dramas, High Art and Laurel Canyon.
—Rob Nelson Variety
Movie Blogs
2010 Summer Movie Guide
Posted on 2010-05-04 by reelzWhen it comes to the mix of movies being offered up, not much has changed since we previewed Summer 2010 blockbusters back in September 2009. The season is still packed with sequels, remakes, comic book adaptations, and 3-D.
Meaning, fans of action/adventure movies (11), comedies (8), and chick flicks (9) are in luck, as are parents looking for a way to entertain the kids (10). But the pickings are slim for horror fans (3) and those looking for some summer drama (6) or thrilling intrigue (5). Check 'em all out in our 2010 Summer Movie Guide.
Director Lisa Cholodenko Explains the Family Issues and Porn Problems of The Kids Are All Right
Posted on 2010-07-07 by RyanSince she made her debut with 1998's High Art, director Lisa Cholodenko has been on a mission to tell personal, family-oriented dramas, continuing with 2002's Laurel Canyon and the upcoming comedy-drama, The Kids Are All Right. Kids tells the story of two mothers (Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) whose 18-year-old daughter (Alice in Wonderland's Mia Wasikowska) decides to make contact with the sperm donor (Mark Ruffalo) that is the father to her and her brother (Josh Hutcherson). Usually the sole screenwriter on her movies, Kids marks the first time Cholodenko has co-written a screenplay (with Stuart Bluberg). Cholodenko told ComingSoon that bringing Bluberg onto the project helped give the story a more personal angle, the continuing hallmark of her directorial work.
2011 Golden Globes Movie Winners
Posted on 2011-01-16 by reelzTonight, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosted the 68th Annual Golden Globes. The big award winners were Glee and Boardwalk Empire on the television side; The Social Network, The Kids Are All Right, and The Fighter on the big screen. Robert De Niro received the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Richard Roeper's Oscars 2011 Nominee Predictions
Posted on 2011-01-21 by reelzEarly next Tuesday morning — 5:30 AM ET on January 25 — the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for its 83rd annual awards. If you don't plan to be up at that time, we'll have a complete list posted shortly after the announcement on our site.
Who will make the Academy's cut. We bravely posted our predictions for the 10 Best Picture nominees back in November. Today, our Richard Roeper weighs in with his movie predictions, as well as those for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director.
Oscars 2011: Best Picture
Posted on 2011-01-25 by reelzThe nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced this morning. Nominated for Best Picture are:
The Social Network
The King's Speech
Winter's Bone
Toy Story 3
Black Swan
The Kids are All Right
Inception
True Grit
127 Hours
The Fighter
How did we do in the Oscar predictions we made back in September 2010?
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