- 10
I don't know what's more delightful ? that The Kids Are All Right stars Bening, Moore, and Ruffalo at the top of their games in an irresistible story of lesbian marriage, sperm-donor fatherhood, sex, red wine, and teen angst. Or that this warm, funny, sexy, smart movie erases the boundaries between specialized ''gay content'' and universal ''family content'' with such sneaky authority.
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
- 10
...so canny in its insights and so agile in its negotiation of complex emotions that it deserves to stand on its own. It is outrageously funny without ever exaggerating for comic effect, and heartbreaking with only minimal melodramatic embellishment.
—A. O. Scott New York Times
- 9
Whatever your politics, between peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous script, this is the sort of pleasingly grown-up fare all too rare in the mainstream daze of this very dry summer.
—Betsy Sharkey Los Angeles Times
- 9
Cholodenko?s casually observant style perfectly matches the cast?s thoughtful work, though the film ultimately proves more successful at creating messy situations than trying to resolve them...
—Keith Phipps Onion AV Club
- 9
"All right" doesn't begin to describe it. The Kids Are All Right is wonderful.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 9
...stunning yet relatable...
—Alynda Wheat People
- 8
Serious comedy, powered by an enthusiastic cast and full of good-natured innuendo...
—J. Hoberman LA Weekly
- 8
I like how this hilarious and heartfelt movie approaches family.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
- 8
Serious comedy, powered by an enthusiastic cast and full of good-natured innuendo...
—J. Hoberman Village Voice
- 8
...probing, poignant and, above all, highly entertaining.
—Claudia Puig USA Today
- 8
...terrifically entertaining and moving...
—Bill Gibron filmcritic.com
- 8
...a smart comedy...
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
- 8
...more than all right.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
- 7
An otherwise conventional romantic comedy centering on the mid-life parenting issues of a long-time lesbian couple, this love letter to gay-marriage supporters is respectably entertaining filmmaking, it's just not exceptional.
—Justin Lowe Hollywood Reporter
- 7
...this isn't the stuff of summer action flicks, but universal affairs of the heart.
—Lauren WIssot Slant Magazine
- 7
...a ruefully funny, beautifully acted comedy of manners and unconventional celebration of gay marriage.
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
- 6
...is alright, if not up to the level of writer-director Lisa Cholodenko's earlier pair of new bohemian dramas, High Art and Laurel Canyon.
—Rob Nelson Variety