Golden Globes: ‘The Kids Are All Right’ as message movie

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‘The Kids Are All Right’ might have won the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical film, but the conversation backstage got serious when a questioner asked about the political message of having a lesbian couple at the center of the dramedy. Producer Jeffrey Levy-Hinte said he felt there was a socially conscious aspect to the film.

‘I feel the movie was about the love of this family, and it would be very difficult to see that and take that in and have that incredibly fearful anger that ... is preventing adoptions, marriages,’ he said. ‘That’s not what this country is about.’

Annette Bening, who was a winner herself tonight, then chimed in that ‘there’s something about the power of the media. I hope that this film can work in that way because it gets you in your heart, and maybe that’s the way that our country can include and dignify the families of same-sex couples.’

Then it got political in a different way when costar Mark Ruffalo took the mike and said, ‘I would just like to say to the academy members, why don’t you grow a pair and vote for [director] Lisa Cholodenko?’

— Steven Zeitchik