Christina Reviews *The Kids Are All Right* starring Annette Benning and Julianne Moore

          Joni and Laser are the teen children of Nic and Jules. Nic and Jules are lesbians. Joni and Laser were conceived through artificial insemination. They have the same donor dad. When Joni turns 18, she decides that she wants to meet her father. Nic and Jules are against the idea at first, but then go along with it. What follows is a comedy about the ways in which the entrance of the children’s biological father causes fractures in the family unit.

         This is a great movie that doesn’t make a big issue about the fact that Joni and Laser have two mothers. To be honest, it could have just as easily been about a heterosexual couple. It wasn’t preachy or patronizing. I did feel like the ending kind of glossed over the main conflict, but I also liked the understated quality of the ending.  Overall, it was a good story.