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Sophisticated and funny, but once you get past the unusual premise and the fact that the main couple is realistically portrayed, there's nothing surprising about it.
'The Kids Are All Right': Alt Sitcom Remains Smart Despite Conventional turn
Definitions of family, love and friendship all get put to the test with wit and warmth in The Kids Are All Right, one of the year's most honest and endearing films.
Here are five gifted actors at the top of their games as five characters in search of what makes a family.
Cholodenko understands that the family, any family, remains a primal source for drama that is both mirthful and maddening.
Cholodenko and cowriter Stuart Blumberg have crafted a loving work about family that will resonate as true for those who find their experience reflected on the big screen and will be revelatory to others.
A twist on the traditional family drama, where every character has depth and deserves redemption.
The dialog seems like it was pulled from a magazine full of bad liberal clichés. It feels as if people who used to be progressives, but want people to think they still are wrote this movie.
This is very tricky material to parse, mainly because the movie is telling us one thing in dialogue and showing us quite another visually.
What it lacks in grandstanding and pandering to the 'issues', this film more than makes up for with its great story, rounded characters and genuine sense of fun.
The Kids Are All Right is witty, touching and humane - and decidedly up to the minute.
Its emotional pull remains consistent to the end.
More of a breezy drama, as opposed to a weighty comedy... the ace up its sleeve, aside from its "modern family" plot device, is its characters, brought to life with welcome layers and depth by the cast.
How, despite such a talented, femme-centric cast, does Ruffalo's loveable idiot manage to walk off with the film?
Regardless of the orientations, 'The Kids Are All Right' is an all-American film.
The Kids Are All Right would have been a highly regarded, stinging family drama in the tradition of American Beauty and Ordinary People even if the subject family was not so proudly unorthodox.
A bittersweet family dramedy that challenges the perceptions of the perfect family...
The combined troupe do a good enough job to make the movie get by, but not enough to mask the huge gears running the story, nor the accidental and ironic anti-progressiveness the movie has the potential to convey.
A long-form sitcom overly pleased with its own progressiveness.
...All the pieces are in place--I just wish Cholodenko had been a little more precious about the execution.
Without any humor in the story, this would be a very sad story about a destructive mix of personalities causing havoc in a family. But the film does have a lot of humor in it.
full review at Movies for the Masses
The Kids Are All Right plays like a pilot episode for a new Showtime series, but it's a heartfelt and well-acted sitcom nonetheless.
Una sensible comedia dramática sobre la falta de certezas (o la eterna búsqueda de ellas) que implica formar una familia, más allá de definiciones y preferencias sexuales. Excelente elenco en el que brilla especialmente Annette Bening.
if it wasn't for the distractingly wall-to-wall indie soundtrack... and mildly cop-out ending, I'd be pushing this straight to the top end of our Best of 2010 list.
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