The Descendants

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.

Cast

George Clooney

as Matt King

Shailene Woodley

as Alexandra King

Amara Miller

as Scottie King

Nick Krause

as Sid

Patricia Hastie

as Elizabeth King

Grace A. Cruz

as Scottie's Teacher

Kim Gennaula

as School Counselor

Karen Kuioka Hironaga

as Barb Higgins

Carmen Kaichi

as Lani Higgins

Kaui Hart Hemmings

as Matt's Secretary Noe

Reviews

badelf

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

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

**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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