The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right features two kids who prove to be indeed alright but maybe not so much the unstably grounded people who spawned them. The kids here are Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson) who seem to typical teenagers but really are not at all typical. Too bad the title ``It’s Complicated`` was already recently used because here it’s much more applicable. Joni is the daughter of Nic (Annette Bening) and Laser is the son of Jules (Julianne Moore) – so far so good but the kids have the same father. Okay, the age we live in but wait, Nic and Jules are in a long term committed lesbian relationship and were artificially inseminated by the same donor. Now it’s complicated, especially when the kids make contact with turkey baster dad Paul (Mark Ruffalo). He turns out to be a free spirited restaurateur who quickly enchants everyone in the family save for Nic who doesn’t like the encroachment on her alpha male status much less her A-type personality. Things really blow up when one of the moms starts playing ball on Paul’s team. Smart and funny The Kids Are All Right is one of the best films of 2010 so far.