The Descendants

The Descendants
6.8

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Directed by: Alexander Payne

Overview

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.

The Descendants
The Descendants

Reviews (3)

  • badelf (Rated: 4)

    Sorry, but this movie was unwatchable for me. The premise is clever enough. The wife of a romantically unavailable husband has a fatal accident and he's forced to repair his relationship with his alienated daughters. It's good chick-flick material and no doubt, all the women scored it high and not o...

  • Unknownian (Rated: 9)

    I really like this movie...

    I've watched it many times and am always entertained. I like the Hawaii locations, the young Woodley, Clooney's clumsy but morally accommodating character, and the confrontations with life's inevitable surprises. All the characters gel, and the story moves forward ...

  • Filipe Manuel Neto (Rated: 8)

    An elegant and moving film about family, family values ​​and how they change and adapt to new times.

    Overall, I liked this movie. Skillfully directed by Alexander Payne, the film tackles several issues around a Hawaiian family in apparent disintegration: while his wife is in a coma due to an ...

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