The Descendants

The Descendants (2011)

Genres - Comedy, Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Marriage Drama  |   Release Date - Nov 16, 2011 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 115 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Perry Seibert

Alexander Payne's seriocomic The Descendants, an adaptation of the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, stars George Clooney as Matt King, a middle-age Hawaiian who runs a trust responsible for millions of dollars worth of untouched real estate that has been passed down to him and various cousins. He is preparing to sell the area, and make millions for everyone in the trust, when his wife suffers severe head trauma during a boat race. As he attempts to get her affairs in order, he learns that she had been having an affair. With his two daughters in tow, along with his oldest daughter's doofus boyfriend, Matt sets off to confront the man who made him a cuckold. Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, and Robert Forster co-star. The Descendants screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

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extramarital-affair, family, real-estate, road-trip

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High Artistic Quality