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''[[The Descendants]]'' is a 2011 dramedy film, directed by [[Alexander Payne]] and based on a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars [[George Clooney]] as a Hawaii based lawyer. When his wife is in a boating accident and is left in a coma, he has to care for his daughters on his own, despite knowing little about them, while fighting a breakdown when he's told his wife's living will demands she be taken off life support. When one of his daughters reveals that his wife was cheating on him, he begins a journey with his daughters (and one of his daughter's
The film is Alexander Payne's first film since 2004's ''[[Sideways]]'' and has been extremely well received by critics, with particular praise given to Clooney's performance and the well written screenplay (partly written by [[Community|Jim Rash]], [[Hidden Depths|who knew?]]).
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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.
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