There's probably a near-uncountable number of films that regard relationships, especially relationships and their troubles. The subject has provided enough inspiration for hours of both comedy and drama most of the time with disputable quality. If you wouldn't know any better you'd think that the 2010 production The Kids Are All Right is just another one in the row. Except for the fact that the couple in this film consists of two lesbians. Who have conceived two kids through an anonymous sperm donor. Probably not as conventional.
So, one mother leads a hectic life, the other one is more laid back, and two kids who want to meet their biological father. Of course they meet him and of course everything goes wrong.
I thought it was a beautiful film, if only it were for the role the children played in it. They appear completely helpless in the wild emotional sea of their moms while they were the ones that actually caused the stirring. Perhaps that's coming on a little too strong, they at least created the vent through which the rising tension escaped.
What I thought was pretty brilliant about the film was the way the lesbian couple was portrayed. Sometimes I completely forgot that the story was revolving around a perhaps not-so ordinary family. All the quarrels about not coming home too late, not driving on motorcycles, the normal family stuff, it was all there! And it was totally believable! On top of everything the writers included some very modern themes (apart from homosexual families), such as teenagers leaving for college and sexuality (don't worry, it's not obnoxious, it was even pretty funny).
The film provides a very beautiful sketch of modern families and the relationships that they're founded upon. It shows what can go wrong in relationships, and ultimately asks the question to what extent people should or could go to save everything from impending disaster.
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