web counter
 

Hey! I Like Being Charmed Into a State of Enlightenment!

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (21)

ruffalo_brown.jpg

Here’s the trailer for The Kids Are All Right, a movie that debuted at Sundance earlier this year with a big ole dramatic cannonball splash. You know how I know it’s going to be good? Besides the fact that it looks fucking remarkable, and that Mark Ruffalo seems to have finally found his way again? Because the critic blurbs don’t come from some two-bit TV station weather man slash movie reviewer. They come from The NYTimes and Entertainment Weekly and, goddamnit, they’ve done a number on me. I would LOVE to be charmed into a state of enlightenment.

Plus, Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as lesbian parents? More please. Ruffalo plays the sperm donor who the teenage children track down because they want to get to know their biological father. That father, in turn, ingratiates himself into the family, to the displeasure and later, the pleasure of the two moms. Mia Wasikowska plays the daughter, and even in the brief bit in the trailers, it’s clear that she’s a lot better than Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland deserved. Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon) is the writer/director on the movie.

This, folks, looks like another perfect populist indie flick. Just wow. It opens against Predators and Despicable Me on July 7th, and if it’s in your town, it looks like a much better way to enjoy some air-conditioning.

Did I mention that Mark Ruffalo is fucking adorable?










Each Time You Like, Share, Tweet or Stumble a Pajiba Post, An Angel Does the Paul Rudd Dance

← Sex and the City 2 Trailer | Carrie Me to Hell | Breaking Upwards Review →









Comments

Jesus Dustin, you just spurted so much hype-jizz in our eyes that I can't even tell if you're being sarcastic.

Posted by: Snath at April 9, 2010 11:57 AM

Awwww, I already love it.

Posted by: jamiepants at April 9, 2010 11:58 AM

Dustin,
Stop using "adorable" to describe males over the age of 13. Unless you're being gay. Because it sounds really gay. Super gay. Like, beard-stubble-burns-on-your-balls gay.

Snath,
Yeah, talk about an unwilling sperm donor recipient.

Posted by: Kballs at April 9, 2010 12:12 PM

A movie staring Julianne Moore (and to a lesser extent Annette Benning) and you're panties are moist over Mark. Ruffalo. Man, just come out of the closet already. This pathetic charade is fooling no one and, frankly, it's insulting our intelligence.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at April 9, 2010 12:19 PM

Yeah, I'm not ready to forgive Mark Ruffalo for where he's been (rom-coms with Jennifer Aniston? Please!). But I will this give a shot based on the awesome sound track in that trailer.

Posted by: PaddyDog at April 9, 2010 12:32 PM

PaddyDog, you won't forgive him even though he did The Brothers Bloom?

Posted by: Snath at April 9, 2010 12:48 PM

Mia What'shername was fantastic in In Treatment. Even as a snotty teen she was compelling. If she plays her cards right she could be another, um, Jodie, Abigail, Dakota but quirkier.

Posted by: bananapanda at April 9, 2010 1:29 PM

and Zodiac? And Shutter Island? The dude is great. I'm not all that interested in the movie but I likely will just because he's in it.

Wasn't he in that weird Meg Ryan Finally Does Nudity And No One Care Now movie from a few years back? If so, that was unfortunate.

Posted by: TylerDFC at April 9, 2010 1:32 PM

hype-jizz

/guffaw

Thanks, Snath. I needed a belly laugh today...And yes, Scruffalo looks amusing in this. I'll probably see it.

Tyler, yes - it was called In the Cut. The book was better as usual but Ruffie was hot and sexin', so not a total waste of a rental. Just try to ignore the Meg.

Posted by: GreenMyEyes at April 9, 2010 1:57 PM

Snath:

I was on a plane from SFO to Chicago getting ready to dig into a really good book when the flight attendant announced she had a "wonderful surprise for us". Because there was some kind of problem with the electronic system, instead of selling head phones, they decided to show the film "for free" and run the audio through the louspeaker system. Not only was I subjected to the piece of excrement with him and Aniston (and no, Shirley McClain did not redeem it), I had to listen to all the simps on the plane laughing out loud at nothing remotely funny. Forgiveness does not come easy to me, and in this case what little I have to spare is not going in Ruffalo's direction

Posted by: PaddyDog at April 9, 2010 2:39 PM

I'm with Snath and Tyler: yeah he's been in terrible movies, but pretty much every actor has. For example, I think Ewan McGreggor is great! But he was still in those awful new Star Wars movies and Deception. Some bad turns don't discount the awesome ones. In Ruffalo's case, yeah, he was in 13 Going on 30, but he was also in Zodiac, Brothers Bloom, Eternal Sunshine and Shutter Island.

All that being said, this movie looks awesome and appears to be headed in the fun gushy/quirky family movie direction. But with more gay.

Posted by: St. Saturn at April 9, 2010 2:45 PM

After having seen the trailer, I'm positive that I'll probably cry my eyes out at this movie. Right when Mark Ruffalo makes the comment that he's glad he donated is a clear indicator that I'll get all misty eyed. The cast is fantastic, speaking of which, and I like 4 of the 5 main players (Josh Hutcherson has only been in Disney films up until now, so he may impress me!)

Posted by: Kamikaze Feminist at April 9, 2010 2:53 PM

Mark Ruffalo is wonderful. Let's just forget all the bad stuff he's done and go watch You Can Count On Me and Eternal Sunshine.


By the way. This looks awesome.

Posted by: A-schaef at April 9, 2010 3:51 PM

This looks pretty good. Although as with most indies headed for the mainstream, I'll have to see it early enough that it's not constantly hyped up to me and then totally sucks. See: Juno, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, etc

Posted by: grace b at April 9, 2010 5:22 PM

grace b: Did you just write that Eternal Sunshine...SUCKS? I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone express that opinion before and I am 100% serious. Please elaborate.

Posted by: TylerDFC at April 9, 2010 5:40 PM

Ok, St. Saturn, Don't you say anything bad about 13 Going 30!!!

Posted by: dene at April 9, 2010 10:47 PM

Thank you, Dene, I just got all hyped up reading that comment about 13 Going on 30! Greatest movie of all time? No. Cute rom com with some genuinely good moments and a great cast? Definitely.

Posted by: Even Stevens at April 9, 2010 11:17 PM

crap
that does look good
fucking indie movies

Posted by: courtney at April 10, 2010 12:08 AM

Hope you will enjoy this club. Keep posting and make good on-line friends.
http://www.uniformedmeet.com/news/181

Posted by: Grace at April 10, 2010 8:53 AM

@Dene and Even Steven

Oh believe me, I totally watched that movie, enjoyed it and it still sticks in my head today as one of the few chances Judy Greer has had to break out of the quirky/cute best friend role and just be a totally delicious bitch. Seeing her go on about "Fassssshion suuuiciiiide" was awesome.
But I do consider it to be one of the throw-away things Ruffalo did. I think I did it a bit of a disservice by putting it in with the new Star Wars and Deception and all that. My point was more that good actors are still good actors even if they do movies that are less than stellar from time to time.
I came off a bit harsher than I intended.

Posted by: St. Saturn at April 10, 2010 2:42 PM

Whoops! Even Stevens*
Lurrrr, I've been slow lately.

Posted by: St. Saturn at April 10, 2010 2:42 PM