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The Kids Are All Right
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
2010 · Directed by Lisa Cholodenko · 106 min · Comedy · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 4 frames
Tagline
Nic and Jules had the perfect family, until they met the man who made it all possible.
Plot
Nicole "Nic" and Jules Allgood are a married lesbian couple living in the Los Angeles area. Nic is an obstetrician and Jules is a housewife who is starting a landscape design business. Each has given birth to a child using the same sperm donor.
Nic and Jules' 15-year-old son Laser wants to find his biological father, but as he is too young to request that information from the sperm bank, he enlists his 18-year-old sister Joni to contact them. The sperm bank identifies Paul Hatfield, a restaurant owner, as the donor and shares his contact information.
When the three meet, the kids are impressed by Paul's bohemian lifestyle, and Paul becomes enthusiastic about being in their lives. Joni and Laser avoid telling their mothers, fearful of upsetting them. Yet, Jules and Nic find out and invite Paul over to dinner. When Jules mentions her landscape business, Paul asks her to transform his back garden. Jules agrees, although Nic is apprehensive.
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Crew
- Written by: Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko
- Cinematography: Igor Jadue-Lillo
- Edited by: Jeffrey M. Werner
- Music: Carter Burwell
- Production design: Julie Berghoff
- Produced by: Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Cast
- Julianne Moore as Jules
- Annette Bening as Nic
- Mark Ruffalo as Paul
- Mia Wasikowska as Joni
- Josh Hutcherson as Laser
- Yaya DaCosta as Tanya
- Kunal Sharma as Jai
- Eddie Hassell as Clay
- Zosia Mamet as Sasha
- Joaquín Garrido as Luis
Production
- Country: United States of America, France
- Language: English
- Studios: Mandalay Vision, 10th Hole Productions, Gilbert Films, Saint Aire Production
- Budget: $3,500,000
- Box office: $34,705,850
- Themes: lesbian relationship, dinner, motorcycle, argument, artificial insemination, control freak, vegetable garden, woman director
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