#What was the gay porn in the kids are alright movie#
So I will say it again, "The Kids Are All Right" is not a movie about lesbians, as it seems that many of the negative reviews I have read have focussed on the lesbian aspect of the movie and how Jules ends up conflicted by her feelings towards a man. But when Joni and Laser get in touch with their biological father Paul ( Mark Ruffalo - Zodiac) it brings things to ahead as not only does Nic feel threatened by this man entering their family set up but Paul gives Jules the praise and support she is lacking from Nic which makes things very complicated. But now with their children Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson) grown up not only do the children start to look for who their father is but problems have started to infiltrate Nic and Jules relationship as Jules feels ignored and unfulfilled having been mother and tried but failed to set up various businesses.
Nic ( Annette Bening - Open Range) and Jules ( Julianne Moore - A Single Man) have been together for many a year and now have a grown up family unit having both had children via the same anonymous sperm donor.
All of which is dealt with in a mix of humour, stereotypes but also in a surprisingly real and effective manner. And on that basis "The Kids Are All Right" works as what we get is a marriage which after 20 years has issues, issues which are ignored and brushed aside but come to ahead thanks to an unusual circumstance. I will get to what happens in a moment but the thing about "The Kids Are All Right" is that whilst it features a lesbian couple it is not a movie about lesbians, it is a movie about issues within a family and in some ways part of the point to the movie appears to be to say that a lesbian family unit has the same issues as a heterosexual family unit.
That was a surprise, I thought that "The Kids Are All Right" was a well received movie yet I have read a whole collection of reviews which are critical of the movie, ripping into it because of what happens.