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The Descendants (2011)

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 55m
  • 84

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  • Clip: Who Is He?
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Alexander Payne

Producer:

Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Writer:

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Release Date:

Dec 9, 2011

Runtime:

1hr 55m

Synopsis

A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.

Cast

  • George Clooney
  • Shailene Woodley
  • Amara Miller
  • Nick Krause
  • Patricia Hastie
  • Grace A. Cruz
  • Kim Gennaula
  • Karen Kuioka Hironaga
  • Carmen Kaichi
  • Kaui Hart Hemmings

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Metacritic

84
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Based on 43 Critics
7.7

USER SCORE (501)

Generally favorable reviews based on 501 Reviews
75
Nov 21, 2011

The Descendants lets Payne show us the Other America and the Other Americans - little lives caught up in small but epic problems far away from the La La Land of Hollywood hype, sex and violence.

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Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
63
Nov 16, 2011

The Descendants is a soap opera with Hawaiian shirts.

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Rex Reed
Observer
91
Nov 14, 2011

The Descendants constantly hovers on the brink of a dark comedy. But it never takes the big plug. By treading carefully, Payne has created his warmest, most earnest work, if not his best.

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Eric Kohn
IndieWire
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