With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Film review: Coriolanus. Film of the month: The Descendants.The Descendants – adapted from a novel by Hawaiian writer Kaui Hart Hemmings – is the first of Payne’s features where he hasn’t shared scripting duties with his regular writing…
The film ends in family silence in what only appears to be a throwaway. With Payne, every beat counts. As the film’s soundtrack deftly blends traditional and modern Hawaiian music, Payne provokes timeless questions about race, class…
November 16, 2011. 4 min read. Beau Bridges and George Clooney. “The Descendants” has a happy ending. Therefore, technically, it’s a comedy. It takes place in the paradise of Hawaii. It stars George Clooney. That may lead you to expect a…
