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The Descendants
2011. 115 minutes. Rated R
“Paradise? Paradise can go @#$! itself”
I’ve never been someone’s medical proxy. I don’t have teenage daughters. I’ve never even visited Hawaii. Still, I found this story of a struggling parent with a lot on his plate wholly engaging and believeable. I really enjoyed it, and weeks later, the story and scenes are lingering.
Steward of 25,000 pristine acres of undeveloped waterfront on the island of Kauai, Matt King (George Clooney), is charged with dissolving the family trust before the seven-year time limit. In the wake of this difficult decision, his daredevil wife (Patricia Hastie) has been injured in a boating accident, and is in a coma, with no brain activity. Matt must bring his clan together to vote on a buyer for the land. He circles the wagons and attempts to reign in his daughters– one a mouthy prepubescent brat and the other a wayward teen with an affinity for drugs and older men—to pay their final respects to their dying mother.
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Tagged Beau Bridges, Beth Gallaway, George Clooney, Matthew Lillard, Reviews, Shailene Woodley, THE DESCENDENTS
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