The Kids Are All Right is the heartfelt new comedy from acclaimed director Lisa Cholodenko, starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo.

We meet two teenage children (Alice in Wonderland’s Mia Wasikowska and Journey to the Center of the Earth’s Josh Hutcherson) who get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Bening and Moore) have built for them.

The donor (Ruffalo) is found, and everything breaks loose. The household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re — defined and re—re—defined.

The New York Times raves that it’s “a generous, nearly note—perfect portrait of a modern family,” and Entertainment Weekly calls the movie “funny, smart and sexy!”

I am sure this is a wonderful movie to see with friends, and then head to a restaurant for dessert and some adult conversation.