I was not really all that excited to watch the Descendants, for some reason i was feeling dull towards it, and to be honest, im not the big of a fan of Clooney.
In fact, I have always thought he was an over rated actor, at least not of an Oscar caliber. However, it has to be said, he really surprised me here, and proved me wrong.
What i liked most about the Descendants were the characters, the movie has one of the best characters i have seen in film, they seemed so real and portrayed human emotions with excellence. And all the credit for such loveable and brilliant characters goes the actors playing them, Clooney and the rest of the cast, including Shailene Woodley who plays Clooney's older daughter Alex King were all superb, even the young actress Amara Miller impressed me with her acting.
And while the story sounded a bit familiar, it was presented and executed in a fresh manner and used the Hawaiian history and locations as a central theme around which the plot took place.
In short, the story centers around Matthew King " Clooney " whom his wife is in deep a coma after a boating accident, and the movie explores Matthew's emotions and him coping with this tragedy. To make things worse, Matthew discovers his wife was actually having an affair before her accident which initiates a complex and mixed emotions. the movie also brings King's daughters into the mix and their interactions with their grieving and angry father.
Quite and interesting plot with as i mentioned some very loveable and at times funny characters, the pace was steady and at times slow, but never boring.
Going back to Clooney, he was excellent and deserved the Oscar nomination.
highly recommended film. 9 out of 10
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