The Descendants
2011 · 115 min
Directed by Alexander Payne. Written by Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon. Starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause.
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Critics 87% · audiences 79% · 5 Oscar nominations, 1 won