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The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011)
Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
Genre: Drama, Comedy
A wealthy real estate investor (George Clooney) tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his cheating wife is seriously injured in a boating accident...He also has to deal with his decision to sell 25,000 acres of undeveloped line in Kauai, that has belonged to his family for generations.
First off, I see a woman in a hospital on life support. She's surrounded by her grieving family. Damn it! I thought, that's not the subject matter I want to spend two hours with. I hate hospitals and I don't like movies set in them. And yet I was liking this film.
I liked it mostly because it was about Clooney and his family dealing with the situation which was causing turmoil in their lives. Also we didn't have to spend much time in the hospital scenes, thank goodness. And it was a real big help that this was set in Hawaii, that made the subject matter easier to handle.
But what I really liked was the emotions the film explored as Clooney finds out about his wife's past. One of the most brilliant (yet odd) scenes was when Clooney confronts the man who had an affair with his wife and as Clooney is leaving he says goodbye to the man's wife..he then looks at her, grabs her, and kisses her right on the lips! Genius! I know why he did that too. Glad to have watched this movie
Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
Genre: Drama, Comedy
A wealthy real estate investor (George Clooney) tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his cheating wife is seriously injured in a boating accident...He also has to deal with his decision to sell 25,000 acres of undeveloped line in Kauai, that has belonged to his family for generations.
First off, I see a woman in a hospital on life support. She's surrounded by her grieving family. Damn it! I thought, that's not the subject matter I want to spend two hours with. I hate hospitals and I don't like movies set in them. And yet I was liking this film.
I liked it mostly because it was about Clooney and his family dealing with the situation which was causing turmoil in their lives. Also we didn't have to spend much time in the hospital scenes, thank goodness. And it was a real big help that this was set in Hawaii, that made the subject matter easier to handle.
But what I really liked was the emotions the film explored as Clooney finds out about his wife's past. One of the most brilliant (yet odd) scenes was when Clooney confronts the man who had an affair with his wife and as Clooney is leaving he says goodbye to the man's wife..he then looks at her, grabs her, and kisses her right on the lips! Genius! I know why he did that too. Glad to have watched this movie