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The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 American comedy drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko and written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg. It is among the first mainstream movies to show a same-sex couple raising two teenagers.
The Kids Are All Right: Directed by Lisa Cholodenko. With Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska. Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their biological father into their non-traditional family life.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Lisa Cholodenko
- 2010-07-30
Character Title: Joni and Laser as the titular kids of the film. Cheating with the Milkman: Jules, with Paul. Ultimately becomes the film's main conflict. Chekhov's Gun: Early in the movie it is established that Jules has a tendency to leave hair in drains and Nic has a knack for finding it.
Joni (Mia Wasikowska) is 18 and just out of high school; her 15-year-old brother Laser (Josh Hutcherson) convinces her to use her newfound majority to contact the sperm bank from which their genetic material came, because he's been itching to meet his biological father for quite a while now.
Jul 30, 2020 · It’s been 10 years since “ The Kids Are All Right,” a queer family dramedy that was the darling of that year’s Sundance Film Festival, charted an unlikely ride to the Oscars and helped shift...
- Matt Donnelly
Oct 29, 2010 · The "kids" in question are Joni (Mia Wasikowska), 18, and younger brother, Laser (Josh Hutcherson), 15, both of whom have reached that age when parents and children are more often than not at odds. Laser has a ne'er-do-well friend, Clay (Eddie Hassell), whose influence is dubious at best.
1. Introduction. The Kids Are All Right is the story of lesbian couple Nic and Jules Allgood, both in their 40’s, and their children, Joni (18) and Laser (15), conceived via artificial insemination with sperm from the same donor.
