The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 American comedy drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko who together with Stuart Blumberg wrote the screenplay. The story centers on a lesbian couple, Jules (Julianne Moore) and Nic (Annette Bening), who each gave birth to a child using the same anonymous sperm donor. When the older child, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), turns eighteen, her brother Laser (Josh Hutcherson), asks her to contact the sperm bank in order to meet their biological father, Paul (Mark Ruffalo). On January 25, 2010, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival becoming one of the event's breakout hits. It opened in limited release on July 9, 2010, expanding to more theaters in the following weeks.