So over the weekend, via Netflix I watched “The Kids Are Allright”. A story about a lesbian couple’s family. 15 yr old Lazer decides to seek his biological father “the sperm donor” and drama ensues as the donor played by Mark Ruffalo is drawn into this tense family dynamic.
This movie pissed me off in three different ways. Way One: Julianne Moore’s character has an affair with “the sperm donor”. An accidental roll in the hay to see because she was a curious lesbian, yes I could see that. But an on-going liason? What? Way Two: Annette Bening plays the head of household while her partner, Julianne Moore is the flighty, creative type who names her son Lazer.
And lastly after all is said and done, Bening’s character dubs “the sperm donor” as “an interloper” meanwhile before everything happened, the dude was living his life and minding his own business TIL THE CHILDREN came looking for him.
Annette Bening was nominated for her role. Come on, Bening playing a lesbian, from most of her other roles, it hardly seems a stretch.
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