Gripping story with well-crafted characters

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what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The acting was so bad. It just seems to me who ever did film did not know much about this topic. What it is like for same sex couples home life is. Also how many kids of same sex couples ask who their Sperm Donor is. Do not watch this film.

Bening and Moore play Nic and Jules a loving west coast lesbian couple with two children, a level-headed 18-year old daughter called Joni (after Joni Mitchell) and a slightly confused and wayward 15-year old son called Lazer (for reasons not explained). The children are half- siblings with Joni conceived by the slightly more butch Nic and Lazer conceived by the slightly more feminine Jules with both having the same sperm donor father - revealed very early on to be the laid-back Paul (Ruffalo), a moderately successful co-op farmer and restaurant owner who I would tag as being 'hippy'. Lazer has an overwhelming urge to know more about his sperm donor father but, because of his age, he needs his sister's help. Joni contacts the clinic who contacts Paul for permission and the resultant meeting of the children with the father they know nothing about and then the meeting of the mothers with their previously unknown sperm donor sends the dynamic between all five in different and difficult directions as they discover more and more about each other...7/10. Definitely worth a watch.

This was very good, just perfect performances from Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as well as a heartfelt and honest telling of the modern family. I would label it a dramedy as it has its humorous moments but is more on the true-to-life side of things.The story follows Jules (Moore) and Nic (Bening) who have been together for almost 20 years and have two teenage children both conceived through artificial insemination. Unknown to their mothers the kids seek out their biological father, restaurateur (Mark Ruffalo). Complications arise as they invite him into their lives and start to bond with him.The portrayal of family here is very realistic, Annette Bening is a type A personality, trying to do it all and keep it all together while drinking copious amounts of wine, her wife Julianne Moore is super laid back, still trying to find herself. Yes they are dysfunctional but aren't we all. Mark Ruffalo holds his own with these two women and I enjoyed his character too, another free spirit, sort of lost and realizing that he wants a family. Great acting all round. 5/16/16

Lesbian couple Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) has two teens. Nic is the doctor, and Jules struggles to start a landscaping design business. None of Jules' ideas seem to work out. Joni (Mia Wasikowska) is Nic's, 18, and going to college. Laser (Josh Hutcherson) is Jules', and 15. They both are from the same sperm donor. Laser convinces Joni to contact the donor, Paul Hatfield (Mark Ruffalo), who runs an organic food restaurant.These are five great performances. Each one is perfectly calibrated. The family seems lived in. Each connection has great specificity and they are well influenced by the newcomer. The movie has a light, fun, awkward tone. It goes for light wit rather than big laughs. The entire cast is worthy of a reward.