Aug 6, 2010
Watch The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 comedy drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko who together with Stuart Blumberg wrote the screenplay. The story centers on a lesbian couple, Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening), who each gave birth to a child using the same anonymous sperm donor. When the older child, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), turns eighteen, her brother Laser (Josh Hutcherson), asks her to contact the sperm bank in order to meet their biological father, Paul (Mark Ruffalo). On January 25, 2010, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival becoming one of the event’s breakout hits. It opened in limited release on July 9, 2010, expanding to more theaters in the following weeks.
Cholodenko and Blumberg on Watch The Kids Are All Right Free began outlining the script in late 2004. The project was helped to get off the ground by the caliber of actors who agreed to join, first Julianne Moore, followed by Mark Ruffalo and Annette Bening. Cholodenko stated, “People really admired what Stuart [Blumberg] and I got on the page but there was a fear factor regarding how the film was going to make money, as the subject matter is tricky.” Watch The Kids Are All Right Movie nearly got the green light in 2006, but Cholodenko postponed the project after she became pregnant by way of an anonymous sperm donor. After giving birth, she resumed work on the film and won financing from three major investors, including the French distributor UGC.
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Principal photography was completed in 23 days in Los Angeles in July 2009. Watch The Kids Are All Right Online was made for approximately $4 million. The filmmakers rushed to finish the post-production in time for the Sundance Film Festival, where it was admitted after the deadline for competitive entries. On January 25, 2010 the film had its premiere, becoming one of the festival’s breakout hits. A few days later, Focus Features acquired the distribution rights for $4.8 million. At the 60th Berlinale, the film was awarded with a Teddy. The film closed the 2010 Sydney Film Festival and opened the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Streaming Watch The Kids Are All Right
Streaming Watch The Kids Are All Right was released to universal acclaim. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 96% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 126 reviews. Among Rotten Tomatoes’ “Top Critics”, which consists of notable critics from the top newspapers and websites, the film holds an overall approval rating of 94%, based on a sample of 35 reviews. The site’s consensus is that “Worthwhile as both a well-acted dramedy and as a smart, warm statement on family values, The Kids Are All Right is remarkable.” Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 1–100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 86 based on 38 reviews, with the film in the “universal acclaim” category.
Opening in limited release at seven theaters, The Kids Are All Right grossed $491,971 in its first weekend. At $70,282 per theater, the film scored the highest average gross in the year to date. It expanded to 38 theaters on July 16, then 201 on July 23 and finally 847 on July 30. As of August 5, the film had grossed a total of $11,011,304.
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