The Kids Are All Right Trailer And Images

I love an underdog. Even with some big names, and the still grossly under-appreciated Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right isn't bound to take the box office by storm. It looks like a good bit of fun though. This is a movie that is going to come down to chemistry, and will probably owe what success it achieves to how far it breaks from what you expect to see.

Hitting in a limited release on July 7th, the movie stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson, and is directed by Lisa Cholodenko (“The L Word,” Laurel Canyon).

Two teenaged children (Alice in Wonderland’s Mia Wasikowska and Journey to the Center of the Earth’s Josh Hutcherson) get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Bening and Moore) have built for them. Once the donor (Ruffalo) is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re—defined, and re—re—defined. The New York Times raves that it’s "a generous, nearly note—perfect portrait of a modern family," and Entertainment Weekly calls the movie "funny, smart and sexy!"

Check out the trailer and let me know what you think.

Annette Bening (left) and Julianne Moore (right) star as Nic and Jules in Lisa Cholodenko’s THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, a Focus Features release. Photo: Suzanne Tenner

(l-r) Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Josh Hutcherson, Mia Wasikowska and Mark Ruffalo Photo: Suzanne Tenner

Photo Credit: Suzanne Tenner

Mia Wasikowska (left) and Josh Hutcherson (right) star as Joni and Laser Photo: Suzanne Tenner

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