Overview
Genre
Drama, Family, ComedyRelease Date
November 16, 2011 (Limited)MPAA Rating
RStudio
Fox Searchlight PicturesOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
Alexander PayneProducer
Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim TaylorScreenwriter
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim RashStarring
- George Clooney as Matt King
- Shailene Woodley as Alexandra
- Mary Birdsong
- Judy Greer as Julie Speer
- Beau Bridges as Cousin Hugh
- Matthew Lillard as Brian
- Robert Forster
- Nick Krause
- Amara Miller
Story
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning "Sideways", set in Hawaii, "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. 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.
