Thursday 25 November 2010

The Kids are All Right

Saw this film at the Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue, which must be a prime contender for the worst cinema in London - entrance is via an "entertainment" complex full of loud squawking machines.  Also, the cinema was very warm, and it was a late evening showing, so I didn't get off to a good start.  However, I enjoyed the film, albeit I though it was possiblty ten minutes too long.  Annette Bening and Julianne Moore were excellent as a California based lesbian couple with two teenage kids.  Mark Ruffalo plays their sperm donor Dad, who re-enters their lives.  The actors playing the kids were very good, and overall it was a very sensitive, and at times amusing, portrayal of the stresses and strains of a family.  According to Wikipedia, the film takes its title from the song and rockumentary by The Who, and is not to be confused with that other well known film, The Kids are Alright!

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