Above: Mark Ruffalo romances his hot girlfriend, who has very little to do in the film other than look hot and GET IT ON WITH MR RUFF!
This weekend I finally saw the film that Entertainment Weekly (or as it's known in my circle, the Bible) has been buzzing about: The Kids Are All Right, an indie starring Julianne Moore and Annette Bening as a middle-aged lesbian couple living a cozy suburban life with two teens. The twist is: Mark Ruffalo is their scraggle-faced sperm donor, whom their daughter Joni (Mia Wasikowska, aka blankfaced girl in this year's Alice in Wonderland) opts to contact. All hell breaks loose! Or at least, a tiny bit of discomfort seeps into their idyllic suburban lives.
Perhaps I had too-high expectations because of the glowing, drooling praise I had been subjected to; I thought the movie fell into the same tropes and traps of any domestic drama. My boyfriend said it perfectly: the movie was like an extended edition of the trailer. But formulaic plot aside, there was some stellar acting from Moore, Bening, and Ruffalo. A lot of funny lines, too, made even funnier by the actors' delivery. Keep an eye out for a part in the beginning where they're watching some strange Nat Geo special. Pretty funny.
In one scene, Julianne Moore's nipple appears above the surface of the bubble bath in which she's soaking-- this was easily the most shocking point of the film.
Grade: B+
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