George Clooney leads the ensemble cast in 'The Descendants'

Written by Bob Suggs Monday, 12 March 2012 12:52

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The DescendantsFrom the celebrated director of Sideways (Alexander Payne) comes a wonderfully warm and witty film that Rolling Stone calls "damn near perfect." Academy Award® winner "George Clooney leads the ensemble cast of year" (Chicago Tribune). Experience a bittersweet drama about a detached father's attempt to reconnect with his two daughters and their often-hilarious quest for the truth in this "moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human" film (Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine).

When Matt's wife, Elizabeth, ends up in a coma after a water-skiing accident, Matt must learn to balance the parenting of his resentful daughters, Scottie (Amara Miller) and Alexandra (Shailene Woodley, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), with the sale of a pristine plot of Kauai land that stands to make the King cousins, including scruffy Hugh (Beau Bridges), a fortune. As Elizabeth's condition worsens, Matt contacts friends and relatives, like her fiercely protective father (Robert Forster), so that they'll have the chance to say goodbye. In the process, he finds out she was having an affair with realtor Brian Speer (Matthew Lillard, effectively cast against type), so he and the girls, including Alex's hilariously mellow friend, Sid (Nick Krause), go on an island-hopping trip, ostensibly to add Brian to the mix, but Matt really wants to find out what his wife saw in the guy.

His journey from naiveté to knowledge brings out Clooney's soulful side, creating a believably flawed, deeply sympathetic figure. If Payne leans too heavily on the slack-key soundtrack, his love for his characters, including Judy Greer as Matt's female counterpart, results in his most emotionally satisfying movie to date.

Actors: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley
Directors: Alexander Payne
Format: Color, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Fox Searchlight
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2012
Run Time: 115 minutes

The Descendants (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)

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Actor: George Clooney Actor: Shailene Woodley Actor: Amara Miller Actor: Nick Krause Actor: Patricia Hastie AspectRatio: 2.40:1 AudienceRating: R (Restricted) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Twentieth Century Fox Color: color Creator: Kaui Hart Hemmings Creator: Alexander Payne Creator: Alexander Payne Creator: George Parra Creator: Jim Burke Creator: Jim Rash Creator: Nat Faxon Director: Alexander Payne EAN: 0024543752103 EANList: Format: Color Format: Widescreen IsEligibleForTradeIn: 1 ItemDimensions: Label: Fox Searchlight Languages: ListPrice: Manufacturer: Fox Searchlight MPN: FOXBR2275210 NumberOfDiscs: 3 PackageDimensions: PackageQuantity: 1 PartNumber: FOXBR2275210 PictureFormat: Widescreen ProductGroup: DVD ProductTypeName: ABIS_DVD Publisher: Fox Searchlight RegionCode: 1 ReleaseDate: 2012-03-13 RunningTime: 115 SKU: 8729257 Studio: Fox Searchlight Title: The Descendants (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy) TradeInValue: UPC: 024543752103 UPCList:

Product Description From the celebrated director of Sideways (Alexander Payne) comes a wonderfully warm and witty film that Rolling Stone calls "damn near perfect." Academy Awardr winner George Clooney 'leads the ensemble cast of year' (Chicago Tribune). Experience a bittersweet drama about a detached father's attempt to reconnect with his two daughters and their often-hilarious quest for the truth in this "moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human" film (Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine). Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Amazon.com Only Oscar-winning writer-director Alexander Payne (Sideways) would think to cast the famously handsome George Clooney as a disheveled dad in his outstanding adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemmings's tragicomic novel. Clooney dials down the glamour to play Matt King, a Hawaii real-estate attorney with a propensity for unflattering shirts and ill-fitting trousers. When Matt's wife, Elizabeth, ends up in a coma after a water-skiing accident, Matt must learn to balance the parenting of his resentful daughters, Scottie (Amara Miller) and Alexandra (Shailene Woodley, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), with the sale of a pristine plot of Kauai land that stands to make the King cousins, including scruffy Hugh (Beau Bridges), a fortune. As Elizabeth's condition worsens, Matt contacts friends and relatives, like her fiercely protective father (Robert Forster), so that they'll have the chance to say goodbye. In the process, he finds out she was having an affair with realtor Brian Speer (Matthew Lillard, effectively cast against type), so he and the girls, including Alex's hilariously mellow friend, Sid (Nick Krause), go on an island-hopping trip, ostensibly to add Brian to the mix, but Matt really wants to find out what his wife saw in the guy. His journey from naiveté to knowledge brings out Clooney's soulful side, creating a believably flawed, deeply sympathetic figure. If Payne leans too heavily on the slack-key soundtrack, his love for his characters, including Judy Greer as Matt's female counterpart, results in his most emotionally satisfying movie to date. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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