After Election, Sideways, and About Schmidt, I felt like I knew what I was getting from Alexander Payne, A moderately boring film with a few random moments of humor. However The Descendants breaks that mold. The film is about a father and two daughters whose matriarch is in a coma after a boating accident. Things are handled how you expect them to be until the eldest daughter (Shailene Woodley) informs her father that her mother was cheating on him before the accident. From there things spiral, while the two bond over trying to determine who the man is who was sleeping with her. While all this is going on there is also a plot involving Clooney's character trying to make a decision about selling some land to a real estate developer, but this side story line takes second fiddle to the main one. The Descendants is funny when it should be, and emotional when it should be. Not a lot happens, but yet you are entertained for the duration of the film. Several famous actors pop up for small parts, but the main focus is on Clooney and Woodley, and both do a great job. I give the Descendants 7 Ninja Stars out of 10 and recommend seeing it. The film is directed by Alexander Payne, and stars George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Robert Forster, Matthew Lilliard, Judy Greer, and Beau Bridges.
-Maximus
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