Nick Krause

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The Descendants Review

By Rich Cline

Extraordinary

As with Sideways and About Schmidt, Payne finds clever ways to blend sharp comedy and warm drama to create a seriously involving and entertaining film. And Clooney has never had a role that was quite as emotionally resonant as this.

In sunny Hawaii, Matt (Clooney) has coasted through marriage and parenthood, focussing on his career and managing the estate of his family, which is descended from Hawaiian royalty. But now his wife (Patti Hastie) is in a coma, and he has to take responsibility for his free-spirited daughters, 10-year-old Scottie (Miller) and 17-year-old Alexandra (Woodley). Meanwhile, his cousins want to sell off a gorgeous tract of ancestral land in Kauai. Amid all of this, Matt finds out that his wife isn't going to wake up, and also that she had been having an affair.

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Video - The Descendants Cast Show Up For New York Premiere

Alexander Payne's 'The Descendants' received its premiere at the 49th Annual New York Film Festival, with the stars of the film mingling with invited celebrities. Judy Greer; Shailene Woodley and Nick Krause all posed for photos on the red carpet.

The film also stars Hollywood icon George Clooney and 'Scooby-Doo' star Matthew Lillard. The film documents a Hawaiian land baron, Matt, played by Clooney, as he attempts to track down a real estate agent, played by Lillard, who was having an affair with Matt's wife

The Descendants Trailer

Matt King is a Hawaiian land baron who has never had time for his two daughters; rebellious teenager Alexandra and her younger sister Scottie. But when his wife Elizabeth is in hospital on life support following a boating accident off the coast of Waikiki, he has no choice but to start looking after his children.

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