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The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 205
Fresh: 191 | Rotten: 14

Worthwhile as both a well-acted ensemble piece and as a smart, warm statement on family values, The Kids Are All Right is remarkable.

95

Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 2

Worthwhile as both a well-acted ensemble piece and as a smart, warm statement on family values, The Kids Are All Right is remarkable.

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The son of a same-sex couple seeks out the sperm donor who made his birth possible in this comedy from writer/director Lisa Cholodenko. The committed parents of two teenage children, Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), are about to send their daughter, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), off to college when her younger brother, Laser (Josh Hutcherson), asks for her help in tracking down his biological father. Reluctantly inquiring with the sperm bank, Joni leaves her number so the office can

R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Comedy

Nov 16, 2010

$20.8M

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Critic Reviews for The Kids Are All Right

All Critics (205) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (193) | Rotten (14) | DVD (9)

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.

July 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Film.com | Comment
Eric D. Snider
Film.com
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'The Kids Are All Right': Alt Sitcom Remains Smart Despite Conventional turn

July 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Passionate Moviegoer | Comments (2)
Joe Baltake
Passionate Moviegoer
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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.

July 23, 2010 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment (1)
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Here are five gifted actors at the top of their games as five characters in search of what makes a family.

July 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | Comments (2)
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Cholodenko understands that the family, any family, remains a primal source for drama that is both mirthful and maddening.

July 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
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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.

July 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment (1)
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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A twist on the traditional family drama, where every character has depth and deserves redemption.

August 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | Comment
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

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.

February 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | Comments (3)
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

This is very tricky material to parse, mainly because the movie is telling us one thing in dialogue and showing us quite another visually.

February 23, 2011 Full Review Source: House Next Door | Comment
Dan Callahan
House Next Door

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.

February 1, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture | Comment
Mike Edwards
What Culture

The Kids Are All Right is witty, touching and humane - and decidedly up to the minute.

January 31, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Talk | Comment
Jason Best
Movie Talk

Its emotional pull remains consistent to the end.

January 31, 2011 Full Review Source: Miami Herald | Comment
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

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.

January 18, 2011 Full Review Source: The Standard | Comment
Matt Neal
The Standard Source: The Standard

How, despite such a talented, femme-centric cast, does Ruffalo's loveable idiot manage to walk off with the film?

January 11, 2011 Full Review Source: Flicks.co.nz | Comment
Matt Glasby
Flicks.co.nz

Regardless of the orientations, 'The Kids Are All Right' is an all-American film.

January 3, 2011 Full Review Source: BET.com | Comment
Clay Cane
BET.com

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.

December 30, 2010 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | Comment
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

A bittersweet family dramedy that challenges the perceptions of the perfect family...

December 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

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.

December 10, 2010 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | Comments (4)
Jeffrey Chen
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

A long-form sitcom overly pleased with its own progressiveness.

November 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

...All the pieces are in place--I just wish Cholodenko had been a little more precious about the execution.

November 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment (1)
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

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.

November 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

full review at Movies for the Masses

November 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Joseph Proimakis
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.

November 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

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.

November 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | Comment (1)
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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What to say about The Kids Are All Right?Some good moments, but couldn't see any sophistication or humour. It's a high concept movie wich only difference is to bring a lesbian couple as the apparently perfect family: the father-provider (Nic), who works hard and always get the bad part (the boring parent), the free

November 8, 2010
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Rubia Carolina .

Super Reviewer

Paul: Just making an observation. Nic: Yeah? Well I need your observations like I need a dick in my ass! "Nic and Jules had the perfect family, until they met the man who made it all possible."My favorite type of humor is awkward humor and this is awkward humor at its finest. The first call where the kid is talking to

January 18, 2011
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Melvin White

Super Reviewer

The Kids Are All Right Quotes

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    1. Laser: Did you guys think I was gay?
    – Submitted by Georgie H (3 months ago)
    1. Jules: [on lesbian pornography] ...usually they just hire two women to pretend, and the inauthenticity is just unbearable.
    – Submitted by Jose D (4 months ago)
    1. Jules: I wish you were gay, you'd be much more sensitive.
    – Submitted by Joey J (13 months ago)
    1. Paul: It's hard enough to open your heart in this world. Don't make it harder.
    – Submitted by rob g (14 months ago)
    1. Jules: ...marriage is hard... Just two people slogging through the shit, year after year, getting older, changing. It's a fucking marathon, okay? So, sometimes, you know, you're together for so long, that you just... You stop seeing the other person. You just see weird projections of your own junk. Instead of talking to each other, you go off the rails and act grubby and make stupid choices... You know if I read more Russian novels, then...
    – Submitted by rob g (14 months ago)

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