Review of The Kids Are All Right (2010) by Brandon S — 25 Sep 2013
A trio of brilliant performances and an intelligent, realistic screenplay make this a very good film.
Annette Bening & Julianne Moore play a married gay couple whose kids want to discover who their surrogate father is. They secretly meet him (Mark Ruffalo) and he interlopes in the close family unit, much to the chagrin of Annette Bening's character.
There's been a few movies which have explored this type of theme in the past but they come across more as plots for a sitcom (Made In America a prime example), this balances the scales of comedy and drama perfectly.
Annette Bening is absolute brilliant in this. A career best performance and any other year she would have won the Best Actress Oscar (she lost to Natalie Portman for Black Swan).
A highly recommended watch.
This review of The Kids Are All Right (2010) was written by Brandon S on 25 Sep 2013.
The Kids Are All Right has generally received positive reviews.
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