"The Kids Are All Right" Film Review

"The Kids Are All Right" is classified as a comedy-drama film.  Honestly I saw no comedy involved.  There were incredibly well written moments and it was an emotional roller coaster the whole time, but in no way was there the element of comedy involved.  The drama starts off with two women, Nic and Jules, who are complete opposites of each other happily married with their two children, Joni and Laser.  Family life seems to be simple and easy.  The film did a wonderful job in showing how trapped everyone in the family really feels together.  Nic is a well put together doctor with her life going in the perfect direction.  On the other hand Jules is a restless and maybe even a bit flaky.  She has spent her life dabbling around with different careers while taking care of the children.  There life becomes one big mess when the children decide to start a relationship with their sperm donor father, Paul.  The son, Laser, starts off expecting this great father figure who he got all his athletics and charm from, while Joni has no expectations and is really just doing this for Laser.  By the end of the meeting between the three characters Joni is impressed beyond words of this man and Laser is already over it.  Both kids agree to keep this meeting with their father a secret from their moms.  But Laser cracks under pressure and tells them.  Both Nic and Jules trying to be supportive invite him over for dinner to meet him as well.  Joni and Laser already intrigued by this man hope their moms feel the same way.  As the dinner progresses Jules becomes more and more comfortable with the thought of Paul yet she's still very apprehensive.  Nic on the other hand won't even open up her mind to the thought of getting to know this other half of her children.  Jules, Joni, and Laser begin to make a stronger and stronger relationship with Paul and start to leave Nic behind in the dust.  Then Jules and Paul become too close when they start up an intimate relationship with each other.  Neither of them feel regret of guilt and continue this relationship.  Until the whole family finds out of this affair.  Jules puts the brakes on this relationship to try to glue her family back together and make everything better.  The family starts to come together again but with one subtraction, Paul.  They kick him out of their lives completely so they can continue to focus on the four of them like in the beginning when everything was perfect for all of them.