So I watched the Kids are Alright with some great acting. Annette Benning did a great job as the masculine, bread-winning lesbian, which was a HUGE departure from what I recognize her as. Julienne Moore was same as usual, solid and pasty white. The kids do a decent job to bring it along and show emotion. I am a huge Mark Ruffalo fan, probably because he's from Kenosha and AWESOME, but he's amazing in the film as a sperm donor who has two children with the lesbian couple of Moore and Benning. They reach out to him and he accepts and genuinely strives to be part of their lives. He gains immediate acceptance from Moore, Benning is slower to jump on the bandwagon. He does eventually win everyone over, especially Moore, who he start banging while she works to landscape the backyard of his restaurant. I ended up feeling pretty bad for Ruffalo's character who realizes how much he yearns for a family, but has never put in the effort, but DID like having two pretty cool teenage kids hang out with him and look up to him. He "falls" for Moore, who really was just looking for someone to fuck and not a real relationship, which was exactly who Ruffalo was looking for. Ruffalo is displayed as the villain and gets shut-out, which is unfair. Good acting, fairly regular and unspectacular slice of life film.
Bottom Line: 7.2 out of 10. Good for when you're sitting around doing nothing on a Sat. morning, but I wouldn't actively search it out.
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