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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

This is a great film about a man who tries to reconnect with his daughters and sort things out after his wife is critically injured in a boating accident. Alexander Payne has surely become a voice to be reckoned with, and each new film of his brings about a new layer of complexity to his work. George Clooney manages to show us that he indeed a good actor when in his element and both Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller are exceptional as his daughters. The setting is gorgeous Hawaii and although this isn't a "visual" film per se there is a symphony of sorts between the emotions of the main characters and the seas and plains of Hawaii. This is one unmissable film.

First proposition: Your wife is in a coma. You find out she had an affair. What do you do? Hate her for it, or do you forgive her? Second proposition: You are already very wealthy, but if you sell a big piece of land, that has belonged to native hawaiians for centuries, you will become multi millionaire. Will you sell the land to a big hotel chain, which will build hotels and casino's, and become even wealthier or will you preserve this pristine piece of nature land for the native hawaiians?"The Descendants" is the story about a grieving family on Hawaii. George Clooney has to take care of his 2 daughters alone, because his wife is in a permanent coma. Then he finds out his wife was cheating on him. How he deals with these feelings of betrayal is what this delicate story is all about. How he raises his 2 teenage daughters on his own while his comatose wife probably isnt gonna wake up again, is the other part of the story. It is a moving story about the LOSS OF family and it also about THE BETRAYAL BY family. Director Alexander Payne wrote and produced this movie. It is sad at some moments, still quite funny at other moments. Sweet and melancholic, is the general mood of this story. Delicate and peaceful story. Very touching. This director has got the talent to make any picture he makes glow in a feel good light, without getting sentimental.I usually avoid pictures about sick hospitalized people, spare me that drama, because I will get so sad seeing it. And although "The Descendants" deals a lot with sickness, loss and grieving of family members, there are enough funny moments to keep this story upbeat enough to be able to enjoy it as a sweet, melancholic story. This family WAS broken up, but has found a way to HEAL and become closer then they were before. It really touched me. Felt at peace in the end. Lovely bitter sweet portrait of a family at drift...

The Descendants is a bittersweet tragedy set in the supposedly idyllic paradise of Hawaii.Matt King (George Clooney) makes it clear that Hawaii is far from a paradise, just like other Americans they have to work hard for a living. Well Matt does not have to, he is descended from Hawaiian royalty. He and his cousins own vast acres of land which has provided them with a sizable income without needing to work.However Matt learned the value of work from his father, he is a Trust lawyer and is the sole trustee of the family land which is due to be sold off soon in advance of the changes in Hawaiian land law. Matt and his cousins will become very wealthy as their land is on the verge to be sold to developers.Matt also finds out that his wife is in a coma in the hospital after a speedboat accident. He now is in charge of his youngest daughter who is getting off the rails, needs to get to his eldest daughter who has gone off the rails when the doctor tells Matt that his wife will not recover.As the family prepares to say their final goodbyes, Matt finds out that his wife was cheating on him and he learns the true value of the land he is dealing with. Simply The Descendants is an intelligent film that deals with grief and relationships. Clooney anchors the film but it is director Alexander Payne who gets a great performance out of his actors.

Poignant, engrossing slice of life with Clooney in peak form as Matt King-a workaholic, Honolulu-based real estate attorney, distant husband, and "backup parent" of two rebellious daughters. He's also the sole trustee of 25,000 pristine acres on the island of Kauai, but his once monotonous life hits a major detour when a boating accident leaves his wife in a coma, and he discovers that she was having an affair. Now at a crossroads, he's forced (for the first time in years) to fully embrace his role as a husband and father, and make some critical decisions moving forward. Thoughtful, well-made comedy-drama is interesting and insightful every step of the way with compelling themes, characters who are real, first-rate performances, and beautiful, breathtaking Hawaiian scenery as an added bonus. ***