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L.Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right: The movie we've been waiting for all year

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Front-Ranger:
I got the chance to see this today!! Throughout much of the middle, I was smiling, and that's what I needed. Mark Ruffalo was quite a good comedian and very likeable. He actually redeemed himself to me in this movie. At its heart, I found the movie to be about that time when you have to say goodbye to your children. Something I could really identify with. When my own daughter went off to college, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I never thought that "empty nest syndrome" was anything to pay attention to. But, it is a real phenomenon. I reacted much like Nic in the movie. And, like Jules too! I did everything stupid that both of them did! So, I can definitely relate. The movie was not as laugh-out-loud funny as I thought it would be, but it was authentic. At heart, Jules and Nic are much like any other married couple, but with California-style newspeak thrown in. A special treat was Annette Bening singing Joni Mitchell...awesome!!

serious crayons:
I am so looking forward to seeing this. I'm not expecting LOL-funny, but then I wasn't expecting an exploration of empty-nest syndrome, either. Toy Story 3 was already that, for me! And I've been dreading ENS for, well, 15 years now, and I still have three or four years to go!

Anyway, thanks for the report. I will make it an even higher priority than it already was.

Front-Ranger:
I also LOOOOVED the outburst Bening's character gave at dinner when their guests went on a little too long about how hooked they were on acia berry (spelling?) drinks. The passion of her vitriol on the subject of foodies, accompanied by oh-so-precious hand gestures was right on target, LOL! If I'd had four of those balloon-sized goblets of red wine like her character did, I'd burst out with such a rant too, but maybe not on foodies, such I'm a bit of a foodie myself. Her tirade was a thinly-disguised attack on the sperm donor father played by Mark Ruffalo, who was a restauranteur, and her partner, who was just starting a landscaping business and needed all the moral support she could get. (hope I haven't included anything too spoilish here)

serious crayons:
I wish we'd get some bad weather here, so I could take the time to go see this!

Front-Ranger:
It's summer in Minnesota. It's hot, muggy, and there are mosquitoes. Also, I heard that there might be flash floods in parts of MN. GO!!

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