Friday, November 26, 2010

Movie Review On: The Kids Are Alright

Watching the much anticipated and celebrated lesbian flick The Kids Are Alright, the first thing evident was the average looking women in the film. 

It was only noticeable because I had grown accustomed to seeing very hot, very sexy, lipstick type lesbians on television. 


For example: The Real L-Word is a lesbian based series that airs seasonally on Showtime, and consists of mostly attractive females. I guess I was spoiled in thinking that all shows would keep up this trend -- but I digress.


The two actresses in the film were very plain Jane in appearance, but as you got to know the character's personalities -- little by little, you began to see the attractive qualities about them. These same qualities locked me into the film and I found myself thoroughly enjoying the film along with the great acting skills, until my enjoyment was killed due to a male counterpart that made his way into the film while ultimately, reaching his goal of sleeping with one of the moms -- and multiple times at that! 


I'm not against heterosexual sex at all, but when there aren't many lesbian flicks to begin with the last thing you want to see is a lesbian having sex with a man; it defeats the whole purpose of watching a "lesbian" film. 

In one scene, the children of the lesbian couple wanted to meet their sperm donor; this part was understandable because there's always a piece of you that desires to know who you are and where you came from. The children wanting to meet their donor gave way to the donor spending a lot of time with the family -- which resulted in a marital affair. 

 
Due to stigmas placed on the gay community, sex scenes in films are very limited. However, heterosexual sex in film is widely accepted and even more detailed; this is also true in The Kids Are Alright, where there are more heterosexual sex scenes then lesbian sex scenes.

In conclusion: the storyline and acting was great, I just wish the movie didn't make lesbians appear boring, sexless and deprived.

2011 LA

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