film details
The Descendants
1hr 54mins
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Michael Ontkean
Directed by: Alexander Payne
The plot: Matthew King descends from Hawaiian royalty and his clan owns a huge swathe of land on Kauai. Life is no paradise. His adrenaline-junkie wife Liz is lying in a vegetative state after a water-skiing accident. Doctors tell him there is no hope of recovery and they must turn off the life-support machines once everyone has said their goodbyes. Weighed down with this sad news, Matthew gathers together his precocious 10-year-old daughter Scottie and his rebellious 17-year-old daughter Alex.
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Orange movie-goers' reactions
- " In one word, Boring. Dont bother unless your having trouble sleeping, then this film will send you straight off" — matt , 28, dunmow
- " Lovely film. Lovely music and perhaps a more realistic picture of Hawaii than the tourist ads..." — stuart, 51, nottingham
- " Great film, wouldn't buy on DVD buy defo worth a watch." — Emma, 24, Saltaire
- " Not for the instant gratification set...brilliant film, very moving." — Fiona, 41, Glasgow
- " boring boring waste of money george please take acting lessons from your pals in hollywood " — gary, 42, newcastle
- " Some scenes difficult to watch but great film and truly about family ties !!" — jane mayhew, 48, Peterborough
- " Great film!! Very funny!! George was great!!! Thought the 2 kids played a good part!! Sid was funny!!!" — Dean Vicary, 20, Liverpool
- " Sorry but desperately disappointing....tedious and slow to the extreme" — fuzzy, 50, london
- " I wanted to cry!! :-O AMAZING" — Megan wright, 15, Derby
- " boring, shallow, bad acting by all. Waste of time and money." — m knight, 56, hook
- " George is the best at playing such an intense role it only gets better for every movie he is in clooney is my legend to movie stars before him" — ruth, 40, cheadle
- " An intelligent, thought-provoking film about love and loss with a fantastic central performance by George Clooney, although it can be a little slow in places." — Abbie, 23, Bristol
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Film4
"Worth seeing for the outstanding performances from George Clooney and Shailene Woodley - and a great advert for Hawaii."
Time Out
"Payne is an unobtrusive director, a filmmaker who lets the script do the walking - in this case, perhaps too much."
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