The Kids Are All Right("非單親關係") ----- 非一般家庭!

Film : The Kids Are All Right (USA) (2010)
Directed by Lisa Cholodenko
Written by Lisa Cholodenko/ Stuart Blumberg
Starring Annette Bening/ Julianne Moore/ Mark Ruffalo/ Mia Wasikowska/ Josh Hutcherson
Music by Carter Burwell/ Nathan Larson/ Craig Wedren
Duration : 106 mins

1. 首先講下飾演女兒的Mia Wasikowska,原來她就是愛麗絲,我認不出啊,在2011上畫的新版Jane Eyre她還當主角呢,看真點她有幾分似Gwyneth Paltrow!

2. 故事的戲劇元素極強,這樣的同父異母姊弟關係碓是罕見,因為異母就是養育他們的lesbian,同父卻是同一個捐精者!故事講弟弟想尋生父,找姊姊出馬,結果把整個寧靜家庭弄垮!

3. 個人覺得Julainne Moore與生父之間的affair確是節外生枝,過份戲劇性又欠說服力,只想令劇情亂上加亂,推上高潮!整齣戲似為娛樂性多過探討問題或令人深思,也因此變得太荷里活式,太兒戲了!

4. 不過我頗喜歡那段父女情的描寫!往寄宿學校那段也頗感人!

5. 最大衝突的"父親母親"竟然因為Joni Mitchell的"Blue"大碟而變得投契,音樂的力量果然驚人!剛巧我也有此大碟,碟中的"A Case of You"超正!

6. "A Case Of You" by Joni Mitchell : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YuaZcylk_o
"River" by Joni Mitchell : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM3vKiaKe_w&NR=1
"Blue" by Joni Mitchell : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL76nQDfZMs

7. Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDSqgZ87fM