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The Descendants

The Descendants

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This much-decorated film is set in Hawaii. A water-skiing accident lands mom in a coma. Dad is forced into a role he is not used to, that of actively looking after his two teen daughters. At the same time, he's trying to sell a large family property which would leave the family very wealthy. Things do not look good for mom, and then he learns some disturbing news about her, which sends him and the girls on an island-hopping journey of discovery. The film was nominated for five Oscars, including best film, director, actor and adapted script.


115 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language)
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
CastGeorge Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie
DirectorAlexander Payne
ScreenplayAlexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, from the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
CinematographyPhedon Papamichael
EditingKevin Trent
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2011
Produced byFox Searchlight Pictures, Ad Hominen Enterprises
SA DistributorNu Metro

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FPB Report (SA)
GenreDrama, comedy
LanguageModerate to strong, fairly frequent, sexual
NudityNone
SexSome talks about sex
ViolenceOne mild incident
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseSome references
CommentsNone
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / NudityViolenceBlood / Gore / GrossGuns /
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Alcohol / DrugsSmokingDisrespectful /
Bad Attitude
Imitative BehaviourFrightening /
Tense Scenes
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Jump ScenesTense Family ScenesMusic (Scary/Tense)Music (Inappropriate)Topics to talk about
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Ratings
Scale (Max)20
International Media
Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond 20
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli 18
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers 20
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs 15
Metacritic.com43 critics17
RottenTomatoes.com216 critics16
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer 18
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics 16
Movie Review Intelligence (USA)50 critics17
Internet (IMDB)20913 Netizens 16
Average .. 87%17


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