The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
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It also feels the city’s cinematic history: when he arrives on a motorcycle, ambling from machine towards a family home that can never be his, Paul (Mark Ruffalo) could be Warren Beatty in Shampoo.
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