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* [[Academy Award]]: It won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 84th Academy Awards. Much like Alexander Payne's [[Sideways|last film]].
* [[Aloha Hawaii]]: Played with; although there's lots of beautiful scenery (it's still Hawaii), it mainly focuses on the people who actually live there, for whom life isn't always like what the tourists would expect.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Cousin Hugh is a friendly and nice guy (he's played by Beau Bridges for god's sake). He also makes it clear that if Matt {{spoiler|doesn't sell the land, he will come after him legally}}. Matt even [[Lampshadeslampshade]]s this in his narration:
{{quote|Don't be fooled. In Hawaii some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen.}}
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]