I only hit one of my list of movies this weekend. This week I may hit Winter's Bone or The Other Guys, but it might not happen since I have plans for much of the week. My friend Max will be in town just in time for a concert on Thursday and Scott Pilgrim on Friday, though. I am so excited for Scott Pilgrim. You don't even know.
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
I'm not actually familiar with the director, Lisa Cholodenko. From her IMDb page, I've determined that most of her past work has been in television, on programs I've never watched, and a few movies I've never seen. If all of her work is as good as this, though, I'd like to see more.
The film is about a family headed by a lesbian couple who conceived using a sperm donor, and how their household is disrupted when one of the children turns eighteen and contacts her biological father. The mood fits nicely into the mold of "quirky indie family comedy," but it was a bit more emotional than I usually expect from that genre. Not that it was maudlin (it wasn't), but there were difficult issues in it that I didn't necessarily expect to see in a comedy. There is even a major plot point that will probably bug anyone who's familiar with common male perspectives about lesbians, but it is not what it seems. Everything is handled with sweetness and sensitivity. In the end I can't see this movie offending anyone, except maybe people who dislike the fact that homosexuality exists at all.
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