Director: Alexander Payne
Year: 2011
Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
Having seen some fairly convincing reviews and trailers for The Descendants, coupled with it being nominated for an Oscar or two and directed by Alexander Payne (director of Sideways, a movie I love), I was keen to see this movie. Dan was less convinced, the trailer maybe not having sold the film in the most convincing way.
Whilst The Descendants wasn't the movie Dan feared he would see, it also wasn't the movie either of us hoped we would see. In it, Clooney plays Matt King, a man whose wife ends up on life support after a boating accident. As if that wasn't enough to deal with, he also discovers that his wife was having an affair.
Don't get me wrong, The Descendants isn't a bad movie. But it's certainly not George Clooney's best, and my reaction to it was a simple "good". It's a perfectly watchable film, and I merrily whiled away two hours watching it, but it is not, and shouldn't be, competition for the likes of The Artist or Martha Marcy May Marlene.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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