Fresh
The Descendants is humane, decent, and close to real quality.
David Thomson, The New Republic
The Descendants
The South Pacific ain't that terrific.
2011 · 1h 55m · R
Comedy, Drama
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.
Director and cast
- Alexander Payne Director
- George Clooney as Matt King
- Shailene Woodley as Alexandra
- 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
- Matthew Lillard as Brian
- Karen Kuioka Hironaga as Barb Higgins
- Carmen Kaichi Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Payne is an unobtrusive director, a filmmaker who lets the script do the walking - in this case, perhaps too much.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
One of the year's best films, a bubbly meditation on family and responsibility that weighs just enough to matter.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
In the hands of writer-director Alexander Payne, Clooney has rarely seemed so much at home.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
In playing an everyman stranded between anger and duty, Clooney earns an emotional payoff that a lesser actor would simply demand.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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