Subtitle The Kids Are All Right File

Taking its name from the song, this rockumentary chronicled the chaotic, brilliant history of The Who. By this point, the phrase had taken on a layer of irony. It showcased the band’s self-destruction and brilliance, suggesting that "all right" might mean surviving by the skin of your teeth. The Film (2010)

Directed by Lisa Cholodenko, this Oscar-nominated film shifted the context to a modern, domestic setting. Starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple whose teenage children seek out their sperm donor, the title here served a different purpose. It suggested that despite the "non-traditional" family structure or the messy infidelities of the adults, the children were the most stable, well-adjusted people in the room. The Cultural Subtitle subtitle The Kids Are All Right

It remains the ultimate backhanded compliment from the old to the young: a sigh of relief that the future might be in okay hands after all. Taking its name from the song, this rockumentary