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Show all (5)"The Descendants" is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King 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 Waikiki.
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It's fall, Academy Award season is upon us, and it's time for those films that seem to beg for Oscar attention. You know the ones where an actor either plays a historical figure, gains or loses a lot of weight, or has lots of opportunities to chew the scenery like a Texas steak.
J. Edgar, we're lookin' at you.
But then there are other types of films where it's less about the grand gesture and big moments than the intimate details and subtle performances. Such is the case with The Descendants, a comedic family drama where nothing brutally explosive happens but the film is quietly powerful nonetheless. (Full review)