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'The Kids' are not all right (Latest Hollywood film reaches even further than Brokeback Mountain)
New York Post ^ | 07/15/2010 | Andrea Peyser

Posted on 07/15/2010 7:46:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Shh! Hollywood is having a teaching moment -- this time in the bedroom, where, if you're straight, chances are you've been doing it wrong.

In the first frames of the new flick "The Kids Are All Right," two boys snort coke. Next, a dad tackles his teenage son so ferociously, the child can't breathe.

That boy soon tries to relieve himself on a dog. Gross. And a man with exceptional appetites proves that Cialis, not to mention heterosexual relations, is for losers.

That is how the most self-righteously moralistic movie to hit the big screen since "Forrest Gump" preaches an undeniable Hollywood truth: Men, and boys who will be men, are not just bad. They're corrupt, amoral horndogs.

And women, especially neurotic, lesbian mommies who drive Volvos, watch gay male porn (go figure!) and get plastered before lunch, are perfect.

These are the life choices presented in Lisa Cholodenko's "The Kids," sort of a cross between "Leave it to Beaver" and "Kittens With Whips." Choose your lifestyle wisely, moviegoers. For this film is set to go down in history as the first major motion picture to make a family led by gay women -- A-lister Annette Bening, as the control-freak doctor Nic, "wed" to A-lister Julianne Moore, as the weepy, infantilized Jules -- seem not just normal, but close to godly.

It reaches further than the gay-cowboy romp "Brokeback Mountain," whose characters maintained a sense of otherness while shielding the kids from their shenanigans. In this movie, exposing kids is the entire point.

And this is how Hollywood does an end run around morality.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cinematrash; filth; gay; hollywood; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; moralabsolutes
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the fictional characters in "The Kids." They produced seemingly normal Joni, 18, named for Joni Mitchell, and Laser, 15, evidently named by the wolves who raised him. The movie concerns the kids' hunt for their "sperm donor" -- a term used in place of "biological father" to diminish guys. The donor, Paul, is played by a scruffy and delectable Mark Ruffalo.

Inevitably, the kids, who have almost no friends and no discernible religion, find they don't need Dad either. They're tragically disappointed when Paul conducts a villainous affair with the neglected Jules. Oddly, straight sex brings the only hot and natural relief to this movie's stifling awkwardness.

But, for reasons never explained, Jules dumps Paul and animalistic sex, and resumes being emotionally abused by Nic.

The movie was released Friday in Manhattan and Los Angeles to stellar reviews. A.O. Scott of The New York Times made "The Kids" sound like a cross between "It's a Wonderful Life'' and "Looking for Mr. Goodbar," raving about the "close to perfect" performances.
1 posted on 07/15/2010 7:46:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Saw the preview tonight. Damned near threw up.


2 posted on 07/15/2010 7:49:43 PM PDT by Grunthor (I like you but when the zombies chase us, I'm tripping you.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Hollywood needs to be taxed more....


3 posted on 07/15/2010 7:50:52 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hollyweird is a cesspool and the American people have had enough. November is coming.


4 posted on 07/15/2010 7:51:18 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve seen the preview many times while at the theater. It’s absolutely disgusting and at the theater I have gone to the reactions from the audience is pretty much YUCK and this movie is downright stupid


5 posted on 07/15/2010 7:52:31 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Grunthor

Worse than the movie itself: there’s actually an audience for this.


6 posted on 07/15/2010 7:56:34 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican ("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." --Orwell)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

More libtard Gay junk.....

Julianne Moore is a whacked out Atheist..

Annette Benning is turning into Chaz Bono.


7 posted on 07/15/2010 7:57:56 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: TaraP

Yeah it’s just a really stupid movie and for Mark Ruffalo who sorta has talent to do garbage like this, says a lot about where his career is going. It’s just pure garbage, I saw that right away after watching the preview for 2 minutes I almost gagged


8 posted on 07/15/2010 7:59:50 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: SeekAndFind

Hollywood has certainly tried to depict “normal” American families as repressed, alcohol/drug using, incestuous, suicidal groups. The ones who attend church are always hiding “sin” and the ones who seem “odd” are really the supportive, intelligent ones doing better than their suburban neighbors. By destroying the family, the need and support of one... liberalism separates us into individuals. Individuals need families... plain and simple. One is far more easily controlled if they are are alone in the world. Just a thought


9 posted on 07/15/2010 8:00:06 PM PDT by momtothree
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To: SeekAndFind

Think I’ll stick with the Who documentary of the variant spelling.


10 posted on 07/15/2010 8:00:37 PM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: SeekAndFind
The movie was released Friday in Manhattan and Los Angeles to stellar reviews.

More often than not, stellar reviews mean the movie in question is immoral trash.

11 posted on 07/15/2010 8:03:18 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I loved, loved, loved Mark Ruffalo, but then I found out too much about him. I still love him but not as much and he’s taken some odd and bizarre roles.


12 posted on 07/15/2010 8:12:56 PM PDT by altura
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13 posted on 07/15/2010 8:13:40 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
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To: SeekAndFind

All I can say is that I guarantee that no one in my family will ever see this. I’ll stick with old movies, never spending money on new ones, if this garbage keeps up. Actually, strike that last part, I’ll just stick with the old movies. Hollywood’s best days are long, long behind it.


14 posted on 07/15/2010 8:16:49 PM PDT by sayuncledave
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To: SeekAndFind

They think a lot of people are going to watch this LOL.


15 posted on 07/15/2010 8:22:16 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: TaraP
Annette Benning is turning into Chaz Bono

Actually her daughter IS just like Chaz. Really.

16 posted on 07/15/2010 8:22:59 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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To: sayuncledave; All

‘It’s all part of the big plan”

REALLY...it IS!!


17 posted on 07/15/2010 8:24:36 PM PDT by Rca2000 ( " Call me a prude? maybe...but then,if there were more "prudes" we would not be in this mess now.)
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To: Siena Dreaming

Yikes! Bizarro world anymore...


18 posted on 07/15/2010 8:27:57 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hollywood dog sh*t.


19 posted on 07/15/2010 8:29:36 PM PDT by Blind Eye Jones
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To: SeekAndFind
It reaches further than the gay-cowboy romp "Brokeback Mountain,"

Like terrorists, Unholy-wood will always go one step further than has ever been gone before. They define that as genius and give each other awards for it. What's off limits today won't be off limits tomorrow. There is no asymptote. Fifty years from now they'll probably find some judge to agree that demonstrating all forms of gay sex during show and tell is constitutionally protected speech -- unless we put an end to the madness.

20 posted on 07/15/2010 8:31:10 PM PDT by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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