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The Descendants

2011, Movie, 1h 55min

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

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Reviews

Critic Roger Ebert

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George Clooney...We see him thinking, we share his thoughts, and at the end of "The Descendants," we've all come to his conclusions together.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Noel Murray

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...it’s about families and legacies, and as our Hawaiian siblings say, the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Dan Jolin

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A marvellous follow-up to 2004’s Sideways — well worth the wait.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Catherine Shoard

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...it's a primer on passivity: when not to act, how to give in – to grief, or abuse, or betrayal. It's also frequently very funny.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Kimberley Jones

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...[it's] beautifully shot (...) and compellingly performed, especially by its young stars, and it has moments of startling tenderness.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Kasper Løvborg

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Reminded me how much I like voice-over narration. Like 'Sideways', it blends seriousness and hilarity beautifully, the humour terrifically underplayed, deriving partly from the precise delivery. I'm happy to see Greer and Forster, b...

4 years ago

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"The Descendants" is a heartwarming and humorous drama about a man's journey to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife's tragic accident. Matt King (George Clooney), a successful attorney and sole trustee of his family's pristine land on Kauai, must confront his own shortcomings as a father and husband when his wife Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie) falls into a coma after a boating accident. As he tries to reconcile with his troubled daughters, 10-year-old Scottie (Amara Miller) and 17-year-old Alex (Shailene Woodley), Matt discovers that Elizabeth was having an affair, which causes tension between him and Alex. Along with their friends Kai (Matthew Lillard) and Mark (Rob Huebel), the Kings embark on an unpredictable adventure to find the mysterious lover, leading to unexpected discoveries about their family's past and present. With stunning Hawaiian landscapes as the backdrop, "The Descendants" is a stirring exploration of love, family, and forgiveness.