From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning SIDEWAYS, set in Hawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. (Source)
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A newly widowed father — and one of the richest men in Oahu, Hawaii — takes off with his two rebellious daughters to track down his wife’s lover on the island of Kauai. (
James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. What should have been his worst job ever turns into the best time of his life as he discovers love with his co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart). (