Many are kind of in the dark about what George Clooney's film The Descendants is about. The movie is the first for director Alexander Payne ( About Schmidt ) after his success with Sideways.
The film stars besieged and wryly introspective attorney Matt King ( Clooney ), the land-rich descendant of Hawaiian royalty and American missionaries and entrepreneurs. He wrestles with the decision of whether to keep his swath of valuable inherited land or sell it to a real estate developer. But even more critical, Matt also has to decide whether to pull the plug on his wife, Joanie, who has been in an irreversible coma for 23 days following a boat-racing accident. Then Matt finds out that Joanie was having an affair with real estate broker Brian Speer, impelling him to travel with his two daughters—precocious 10-year-old Scottie and fresh from rehab 17-year-old Alex—from Oahu to Kauai to confront Brian. Matt finds out the truth about Joanie and Brian, which influences his decision about what to do with his family's on-the-block land and complicates his plans for Joanie. Matt's journey with his girls forms the emotional core of this sharply observed, frequently hilarious and intermittently heartbreaking look at a well-meaning but confused father trying to hold together his unconventional family.
There seems to be confusion on a release date where I here it will be in theaters on December 17th and other reports where it will be seen at the end of 2011. At least looks worthy enough to keep your eye on.
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