There is so much social marketing going on in this trailer I am at a loss to being pointing it all out.

Lesbian moms, both attractive of course, because lesbians tend to look a lot like Julianne Moore and less like Madeline Albright, have two embarrassed and wanting children. They are doing just fine and then the slacker guy who donated his sperm comes into their lives and attempts to become the paterfamilias.

The New York Times blurbs "a generous, nearly note-perfect portrait of a modern family"

You see, its the modern family. One would have to assume if your house is based in a stable fashion, y'know, one with a mom and dad who are married and refrain from making jokes about fellatio over dinner with their children present, you aren't modern - you're out of step.

This is social marketing through and through. If you don't know what social marketing is, its what people used to call propaganda. I don't mind movies with homosexual characters or references, I hate movies that presume to tell me its no different than heterosexuality.

Based on Katherine Paterson's book, this film tells the story about a couple of outcast kids who create an imaginary world called Terebithia. They make themselves king and queen of their fantasy land and then reality comes in and kicks them both squarely in the gut.

The film sputters through without much inspiration. It is as if the writers felt the premise itself was strong enough to sell the production so they did not bother to develop characters or firm up the tension of their scenes. Overall, it is lifeless and borderline irritating.

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