Though I quibbled with the main thrust (hah!) of the story,* there were so many great family moments in this movie that I couldn’t do anything but love it. Plus, I have this theory that Paul Rudd in Clueless** imprinted himself on so many then-high school girls that we can’t help but love him whenever we see him and it seems that Mark Ruffalo in You Can Count on Me*** did the same thing, but to my college self and I can’t not like him. And Peeta was in it (!) and that Mia girl with the complex last name is a fantabulous actress.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2010/kids_are_all_right.html
Cost: Free from library
Where watched: at home
*this footnote is rotten with spoilers. Stop reading now if you don’t want to hear anything else. (lalalalalalala)
So I can see why, from a drama prospective, it would be fun to explore what happens when the guy who donated the sperm to create the children starts to have an affair with one of the mothers of said children. But part of me just couldn’t shake the disbelief of “really?” We can’t have a movie about lesbians without a man inserting himself (ahem) into the narrative? Really?
**You know you want to watch that clip, so here it is.
***As well as Laura Linney.