Descendants (Blu-ray) (2011) - Oscar® Winner!

Editor's Note Alexander Payne's seriocomic THE DESCENDANTS, an adaptation of the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, stars George Clooney as Matt King, a middle-age Hawaiian who runs a trust responsible for millions of dollars worth of untouched real estate that has been passed down to him and various cousins. He is preparing to sell the area, and make millions for everyone in the trust, when his wife suffers severe head trauma during a boat race. As he attempts to get her affairs in order, he learns that she had been having an affair. With his two daughters in tow, along with his oldest daughter's doofus boyfriend, Matt sets off to confront the man who made him a cuckold. Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, and Robert Forster co-star. THE DESCENDANTS screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

	Amara Miller
	Beau Bridges
	George Clooney
	Judy Greer
	Shailene Woodley
	Rob Huebel - Co-Star
	Matt Corboy - Co-Star
	Scott Michael Morgan - Co-Star
	Matthew Reese - Co-Star
	Kaui Hart Hemmings - Co-Star
	Mary Birdsong - Co-Star
	Tom McTigue - Co-Star
	Dondi Bastone - Music Director
	Phedon Papamichael - Director of Photography
	Milt Kogan - Co-Star
	Michael Ontkean - Co-Star
	Robert Forster - Co-Star
	Laird Hamilton - Co-Star
	Matthew Lillard - Co-Star
	Nick Krause - Co-Star
	Patricia Hastie - Co-Star
	Grace A. Cruz - Co-Star
	Kim Gennaula - Co-Star
	Karen Kuioka Hironaga - Co-Star
	Carmen Kaichi - Co-Star
	Matt Esecson - Co-Star
	Stanton Johnston - Co-Star
	Jonathan McManus - Co-Star
	Hugh Foster - Co-Star
	Tiare R. Finney - Co-Star
	Aileen "Boo" Arnold - Co-Star
	Esther Kang - Co-Star
	Melissa Kim - Co-Star
	Barbara Lee Southern - Co-Star
	Celia Kenney - Co-Star
	Zoel Turnbull - Co-Star
	Linda Rose Herman - Co-Star
	Darryl K. Gonzales - Co-Star
	Koko Kanealii - Co-Star
	Romey "Keola" Yokotake - Co-Star
	Alexander Payne - Screenwriter
	George Parra - Production Manager/UPM
	Brian L. Keaulana - Stunt Coordinator
	Frank Gaeta - Sound
	Radan Popovic - 2nd Unit DOP
	Matt Callahan - Set Decorator
	Richard L. Fox - Assistant Director
	Tracey Boyd - 2nd Unit Director
	Jim Rash - Screenwriter
	Patrick Cyccone Jr. - Sound Re-Recording
	Nat Faxon - Screenwriter
	Custom Film Effects - Visual Effects Designer
	Susan Strubel - Costumes
	Rick Reynolds - Post-Production Supervisor
	Modern Videofilm Incorporated - Visual Effects Designer
	Kaui Hart Hemmings - Source Writer
	Karen Iboshi Preiser - Makeup
	Debra L. Rego - Hairstylist
	Alexander Payne - Director

Hollywood Reporter
"Alexander Payne has made his best film yet with THE DESCENDANTS....George Clooney is in very top form in a film that will connect with any audience looking for a genuine human story..." 09/02/2011

Box Office
5 stars out of 5 -- "[W]riter/director Alexander Payne returns in top form with this extraordinary dramedy....George Clooney has never been better..." 09/13/2011

Wall Street Journal
"[A]n exceptionally smart and enjoyable comedy..." 09/09/2011

Chicago Sun-Times
4 stars out of 4 -- "Clooney gives one of his best performances in this film....Payne is gifted at using the essence of an actor..." 11/16/2011

Los Angeles Times
"[T]he film is conversational in its pathos, wry in its wisdom, very much an extension of the smart, sardonic sensibility Payne brought to SIDEWAYS and ABOUT SCHMIDT." 11/16/2011

USA Today
"Throughout this beautifully textured portrait of a family at a crucial juncture, we're swept up and buoyed along, as if riding a series of waves in Hawaii, the setting for the film." 11/16/2011

New York Times
"Mr. Clooney and the director, Alexander Payne, proceed to shake up our expectations....Surprising, moving and frequently very funny." 11/18/2011

Washington Post
4 stars out of 4 -- "[A] pitch-perfect movie that threads a microscopically tiny needle between high comedy and devastating drama." 11/18/2011

A.V. Club
"THE DESCENDANTS thrives primarily because of Payne?s staging....the Hawaiian setting gives the story a distinctive flavor..." -- Grade: B 11/17/2011

Entertainment Weekly
"[A] beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking -- sharp, funny, generous, and moving -- that writes its own rules as much as ABOUT SCHMIDT or SIDEWAYS did." -- Grade: A 11/25/2011

Sight and Sound
"[T]he film plays to Payne's strengths -- not just the emotional complexity and the constantly shifting kaleidoscope of moods, but his skill at eliciting in-depth performances from his cast." 02/01/2012

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] wry, intelligent look at the contradictions and complexities of human emotions. And the cast is exemplary, down to the smallest role." 03/01/2012