Julianne Moore is returning for yet another ride on the lesbian train.
In the recently released trailer to The Kids Are All Right, Moore and Annette Bening star as a long-time couple whose children seek to reconnect with their sperm donor father (Marc Ruffalo), proving in the process that family transcends societal conventions and portrayals of middle-aged lesbianism have really never been the same since Claire of the Moon (obscure lesbian film reference? Get used to it).
Director Lisa Cholodenko has dabbled in this territory before with High Art, another exploration of complex lesbian relationships with a fair amount of explicit girl-on-girl action, and Laurel Canyon, an indie drama featuring one incredibly awkward threesome with Frances McDormand and Kate Beckinsale. Somewhere between then and now, Cholodenko has lost sight of the fact that representations of lesbianism devoid of erotic, male-centered pandering just doesn't cut it.
I mean... I watched the entire trailer and there wasn't even one teary make-out scene ala Chloe.
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