Movie review: The Descendants
The Descendants is a great character study that's well written, well acted--and set in beautiful Hawaii. And what could be better than that?
George Clooney plays Matt King, a successful lawyer in Hawaii who suddenly finds himself dealing with crises on several fronts. First, he is the trustee who must decide what to do with a huge plot of valuable land owned by the family trust--and not all the family members agree on what should be done. At the same time, he's dealing with a badly injured, comatose wife and being an active parent to two rambunctious daughters, a role he has not had to play in the past. As if that weren't enough, he finds out that his wife was involved with another man.
George Clooney is wonderful as a man trying to process a cheating wife, an imminent death, a hostile father in law, single parenthood and a major financial decision all at the same time. Equally good are the two actresses (Shallene Woodley and Amara Miller) who play his daughters. They feel like a real family coming to grips with the loss of a woman they all loved--but didn't always like that much.
George Clooney plays Matt King, a successful lawyer in Hawaii who suddenly finds himself dealing with crises on several fronts. First, he is the trustee who must decide what to do with a huge plot of valuable land owned by the family trust--and not all the family members agree on what should be done. At the same time, he's dealing with a badly injured, comatose wife and being an active parent to two rambunctious daughters, a role he has not had to play in the past. As if that weren't enough, he finds out that his wife was involved with another man.
George Clooney is wonderful as a man trying to process a cheating wife, an imminent death, a hostile father in law, single parenthood and a major financial decision all at the same time. Equally good are the two actresses (Shallene Woodley and Amara Miller) who play his daughters. They feel like a real family coming to grips with the loss of a woman they all loved--but didn't always like that much.
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