WINNER of 2 Golden Globe awards: Best Picture (Drama) and Best Actor (Drama), George Clooney. NOMINATED for 5 OSCARS, including Best Picture of the Year, Best Actor (George Clooney) and Best Director (Alexander Payne)! (See the Oscars LIVE on Sunday February 26th at the Strand!)
From Oscar winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways), The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki, Hawaii. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Funny, moving, and beautifully acted, The Descendants captures the unpredictable messiness of life with eloquence and uncommon grace.
“The Descendants is that rare bird, moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human. It’s one of the year’s best pictures, one to savor and think about.” -Box Office Magazine
“A guaranteed multiple Oscar nominee and the film that cements Alexander Payne as one of the top filmmakers of his generation, The Descendants is nothing short of a masterpiece.” – Mark Rabinowitz, CNN.com
“Another beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking - sharp, funny, generous, and moving - that writes its own rules as much as About Schmidt or Sideways did.” – Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Drama/Comedy/USA/2011/115min/Rated R
Directed by Alexander Payne
Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, and Patricia Hastie
