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The Descendants

The Descendants marks the end of a line for the 21st century Hawaiian progeny of King Kamehameha I in that their hereditary land trust is coming to the end of its shelf life and the heirs have to decide how a massive tract of untouched wilderness will be disposed of.  At this time it’s also the end of the line for the wife of the descendant who doubles as the estate trust lawyer (with the ironic surname) Matt King (George Clooney).  She is Elizabeth King (Patricia Hastie), on life support after a high speed boating mishap and her Life Will dictates that it is time to pull the plug.  Matt and the rest of his dysfunctional family, the pre teen Scottie (Amara Miller) and teen problem child Alexandra (Shailene Woodley), are duty bound to provide closure to the family and friends - and as it turns out people not really friends which Matt is shocked to find out when slapped in the face with the truth about Elizabeth’s unfaithful activity. This went on for some time before she was rendered comatose yet he is the last to know.  Think living on Oahu full time would be paradise? Think again.  Usually about this time of year George Clooney spring something interesting on us and this year is no exception. Backed up against the Oscar season this endearing film as Best Picture may not be in order but the music (which is lovely) may just make it for best original score. Oh yeah, speaking of scores, Clooney may score a best actor nod too.

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