A few commenters are pouting about our continued coverage of Lisa Cholodenko’s “The Kids Are All Right” (not enough comic book film coverage for you?). Well tough, plus this is a short post.
Did you see the New York Times rave where Tony Scott called it the “the best comedy about an American family since …” Since what? Precedents and grounds for comparison seem to be lacking, so I may have to let the superlative stand unqualified for now.” It does have a 93% RT rating for good reason (it’s one of our favorite films of the year too).
It’s also been a hit in the specialty market and the picture has the best per screen average of the year ($72,127) so far, and fifth best of the last five years. That’s pretty damn good and something Focus Features is probably pretty happy with. Anyhow, people living outside New York and Los Angeles would probably like to see it too and the release roll out sched is below the jump (it’s too damn long to post, it’s right here). The picture stars Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson. Cholodenko directed “High Art” and “Laurel Canyon.” We spoke with her recently and the cast as well.
