The Kids Are All Right

a warm and well written film about an unconventional family growing and dealing with the issues that life throws at you. everyone is flawed and everyone has issues, but life is about how you deal with them and move on. i wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was, but it is just a really well made indie film. the acting is fantastic with annette bening really standing out as the character who internalizes her emotions the most and she conveys that extremely well. watched as part of scavenger hunt 42 task #1: lgbt film from 2000-2010s my list | noelle's master list read more

you'd think that choosing to title this "all right" instead of "alright" is some kind of commentary about the wisdom of kids, or that we'd be watching from their perspective. but you'd be wrong. "what's it all about, alfie?": what is this about? i honestly spent most of the film trying to figure that out. it ends up being kind of an indie, slice-of-life film, which i wasn't expecting given the stacked cast. essentially, the story covers the summer after joni (wasikowska) has graduated high school, before she goes off to college. with that impending departure, her half-brother "laser" (and i... read more