7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.9
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central narrative normalizes and affirms a same-sex family unit, portraying its challenges and ultimate resilience, which aligns with progressive social values regarding family diversity.
The movie features a lesbian couple as its central protagonists, representing a significant and intentional departure from traditional casting in a family drama. Its narrative explicitly centers on the lives and dynamics of this non-traditional family, making LGBTQ+ inclusion a core and prominent theme throughout the film.
Secondary
The Kids Are All Right provides a largely positive and affirming portrayal of a lesbian couple and their family. It normalizes their lives, depicting the mothers with complexity and dignity, and focuses on universal family dynamics rather than issues stemming from their sexual orientation. The film ultimately validates their love and family structure.
The film "The Kids Are All Right" focuses on a lesbian couple and their children, exploring themes of family, identity, and relationships within a same-sex household. However, it does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, thus rendering the specific evaluation of transsexual portrayal as not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Kids Are All Right is an original film with no prior source material, historical figures, or previous adaptations. All characters were created specifically for this movie, meaning there is no pre-established canon from which a character's gender could have been swapped.
This film is an original story with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material or historical record establishing the race of any character before their portrayal in this movie.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
6.6
Critic Ratings
9.3
8.6
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