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conversations.value: Give me a plot for a book about Jules, Nic, Paul entitled The Kids Are All Right.
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conversations.value: The Kids Are All Right (film): Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) are a married lesbian couple living in the Los Angeles area.\nNic is an obstetrician, and Jules is a housewife who is starting up a landscape design business.\nEach has given birth to a child using the same sperm donor.\nThe younger child Laser (Josh Hutcherson) wants to find his sperm donor father but has to be 18 to do so.\nHe implores his 18-year-old sister, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), to contact the sperm bank which identifies Paul (Mark Ruffalo) as the donor.\nThe three meet.\nJoni is impressed by his bohemian lifestyle, and Paul becomes enthusiastic about being in their lives.\nJoni swears her brother to secrecy as she does not want to upset their mothers.\nHowever, Jules and Nic find out and invite Paul over to dinner.\nWhen Jules reveals she has a landscape business, Paul asks her to transform his back garden.\nJules agrees, although Nic does not like the idea.\nWhile working for Paul, Jules likes that he appreciates her work in contrast to Nic who, Jules feels, never supported her career.\nJules impulsively kisses Paul one afternoon, and they end up in bed together, beginning an affair.\nJules and the kids start spending more time with Paul.\nNic believes Paul undermines her authority over the children by, for example, giving Joni a ride on his motorcycle—which Nic has forbidden—and by suggesting she give Joni more freedom.\nAfter a heated argument with Jules, Nic suggests they all have dinner at Paul's house to ease the tension.\nNic relaxes and for the first time connects with Paul.\nHowever, Nic discovers traces of Jules's hair in Paul's bathroom and bedroom.\nWhen they return home, Nic confronts Jules.\nAt first, Jules denies it but then admits to the affair.\nNic is devastated, but Jules assures she is not in love with Paul and has not turned straight; she just wanted to be appreciated.\nJoni and Laser have overheard the arguments and are also upset at Jules.\nThe household becomes tense and Jules is forced to sleep on the couch.\nPaul thinks he has fallen in love with Jules and suggests she leave Nic, bring the kids, and come live with him.\nJules declines, disgusted with Paul's lack of understanding about their relationship.\nThe children are angry at both of them.\nThe night before Joni leaves home to go to college, Paul turns up at the house.\nNic angrily confronts him, calling him an interloper, and tells him that if he wants a family, he should make one of his own.\nRejected, Paul watches Laser from outside the window, trying to get his attention, but Laser ignores him.\nLater that night, Jules tearfully admits her errors to her family and begs their forgiveness.\nThe next morning, the family takes Joni off to college.\nWhile Nic and Jules together hug Joni to say goodbye, they also affectionately touch each other.\nDuring the ride home, Laser tells his mothers that they should not break up because they are too old.\nJules and Nic giggle, and the film ends with them smiling at each other and holding hands.
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conversations.value: Delete the first sentence.
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conversations.value: \nNic is an obstetrician, and Jules is a housewife who is starting up a landscape design business.\nEach has given birth to a child using the same sperm donor.\nThe younger child Laser (Josh Hutcherson) wants to find his sperm donor father but has to be 18 to do so.\nHe implores his 18-year-old sister, Joni (Mia Wasikowska), to contact the sperm bank which identifies Paul (Mark Ruffalo) as the donor.\nThe three meet.\nJoni is impressed by his bohemian lifestyle, and Paul becomes enthusiastic about being in their lives.\nJoni swears her brother to secrecy as she does not want to upset their mothers.\nHowever, Jules and Nic find out and invite Paul over to dinner.\nWhen Jules reveals she has a landscape business, Paul asks her to transform his back garden.\nJules agrees, although Nic does not like the idea.\nWhile working for Paul, Jules likes that he appreciates her work in contrast to Nic who, Jules feels, never supported her career.\nJules impulsively kisses Paul one afternoon, and they end up in bed together, beginning an affair.\nJules and the kids start spending more time with Paul.\nNic believes Paul undermines her authority over the children by, for example, giving Joni a ride on his motorcycle—which Nic has forbidden—and by suggesting she give Joni more freedom.\nAfter a heated argument with Jules, Nic suggests they all have dinner at Paul's house to ease the tension.\nNic relaxes and for the first time connects with Paul.\nHowever, Nic discovers traces of Jules's hair in Paul's bathroom and bedroom.\nWhen they return home, Nic confronts Jules.\nAt first, Jules denies it but then admits to the affair.\nNic is devastated, but Jules assures she is not in love with Paul and has not turned straight; she just wanted to be appreciated.\nJoni and Laser have overheard the arguments and are also upset at Jules.\nThe household becomes tense and Jules is forced to sleep on the couch.\nPaul thinks he has fallen in love with Jules and suggests she leave Nic, bring the kids, and come live with him.\nJules declines, disgusted with Paul's lack of understanding about their relationship.\nThe children are angry at both of them.\nThe night before Joni leaves home to go to college, Paul turns up at the house.\nNic angrily confronts him, calling him an interloper, and tells him that if he wants a family, he should make one of his own.\nRejected, Paul watches Laser from outside the window, trying to get his attention, but Laser ignores him.\nLater that night, Jules tearfully admits her errors to her family and begs their forgiveness.\nThe next morning, the family takes Joni off to college.\nWhile Nic and Jules together hug Joni to say goodbye, they also affectionately touch each other.\nDuring the ride home, Laser tells his mothers that they should not break up because they are too old.\nJules and Nic giggle, and the film ends with them smiling at each other and holding hands.
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conversations.value: Give me the first long scene for the screenplay.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: The Kids Are All Right
  
  EXT. HOUSE - ESTABLISHING - MAGIC HOUR 9 9 NIC ALLGOOD (late 40's) pulls up into the driveway beside a beat up white TRUCK covered in AA slogan bumper stickers.
  INT. ALLGOOD HOUSE - DINING ROOM - EVENING 10 10 Nic enters. Drops her bag and heads for the table.
  NIC Hi guys. Sorry I'm late. 4.
  JULES Don't worry. We just started.
  NIC 27 fibroids. All in the lining.
  She kisses Jules.
  JULES Honey, that's disgusting. We're eating. 
  JONI Did you do that laparoscopically?
  NIC That's right, Smart Girl. And we got `em all.
  As Nic settles in... 
  NIC (CONT'D) Hey, whose truck is that?
  JULES Mine. 
  NIC Yours?
  JULES For the business.
  NIC What business?. (getting edgy) The gardening?
  JONI (protective) Isn't it landscaping. 
  JULES Yes, thank you very much.
  NIC (strained) Okay... (then) Do we have any Cabarnet left? JULES I didn't look, honey. 5.
  Nic gets up and goes to the kitchen for wine. Laser's cell phone RINGS. He answers it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Give me another long scene.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Jules looks away. We HEAR a knock from the back. 
  LUIS (O.S.) Excuse me, Senora? Hello?
  Jules turns, sees Luis standing at the glass door. 
  JULES What's up?
  LUIS 5 o'clock.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Give me the last scene.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Laser watches his moms holding hands from the back seat. Their small gesture is what he needed. He smiles to himself, grateful for a sign.
  FADE OUT THE END
  Kids Are All Right, The Writers : Lisa Cholodenko Stuart Blumberg Genres : Comedy Drama User Comments
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