The Kids Are All Right
Director: Lisa Cholodenko
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Duration: 106 mins
Rating: 15
Cast: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo
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Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, lesbian relationship which, though loving, is by no means perfect. Nic is a self-assured physician, while Jules has floundered in her "nine to five" life, sometimes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay at home mom. They have two teen-aged children, Joni and Laser, each of whom is a biological child of one of the women. Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. The children eventually make contact with their father, the late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they do not want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person's relationships outside of the family.
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