SPOTLIGHT
The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenka with a screenplay by Cholodenka and Stuart Blumberg, takes a realistic, poi-
gnant and humorous look at a modern family in Southern California. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore portray two lesbian parents Nic and Jules, respectively. Their children [Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson] discover their biological father played by Mark Ruffalo. What ensues in the process tests the strength of the moms’ relationship after 20 years of life together as partners and raising a family. The film is brilliantly acted with a vibrant screenplay and is a fresh alternative to the current summer’s block- buster crop of films. The Rage Monthly had the opportunity to sit down with Julianne Moore in Beverly Hills recently to discover more about this unique film experience and her thoughts on creating a very human and true-to-life role in The Kids Are All Right, opening on July 9.
The Kids Are All Right AN INTERVIEW WITH
JULIANNE MOORE by bill biss 38 RAGE monthly | JULY 2010
Julianne Moore met Director Lisa Cholodenka several years back at a women-in-film luncheon. Moore told Cholodenka how much she loved her movies such as Laurel Can- yon and High Art. Moore asked her at the time, “Why hadn’t I seen the script to High Art? Seriously! I never saw that script.” Laughing, Cholodenka and Moore stayed in touch and the director sent Moore the script for “Kids.” The actress signed on for the film about five years ago. In the interim, Cholodenka had a baby through artificial insemination from a sperm donor and gathered the financing for this film. Moore adds, “I probably would have done anything she sent me honestly. One thing that was interesting about the script is from the time she gave it to me to the time we did it…it evolved. It got better, better and better. It was always a great project and it got progressively more interesting. I love her movies so much because they really are about the way that we fall in love with each other, how we communicate and the nature of relationships. It’s about what people mean to each other and how they try to connect.”
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