The Descendants

Family ties...George Clooney..Shailene Woodley..Amara Miller..The Descendants

George Clooney has decided finally to act. All these years of wooden acting have gone. Just because he's been voted, "the sexiest man alive" twice doesn't mean he gets to not act. But those days have gone. I think we already knew this, starting with Up In The Air in 2009, followed by The Ides of March which is meant to be amazing, but now The Descendants has proved this.
It sees Matt King, a wealthy lawyer with a lot of land living on Hawaii with his wife and two daughters (Woodley and Miller). Suddenly his life is flipped upside down when his wife, has a boating accident and is comatose. King has no idea what do do, being "the back-up parent" or "the understudy." It's a film about bringing family together, a bit cheesy a times, a bit sad at other parts. Funny all round (except from the sad bits) with great acting from Shailene Woodley, being a breakout star. Clooney is bound to win an Oscar for this. 




3.5/5