The Descendants - Awards 89% Certified Fresh

Release Date: November 18, 2011

Studio/Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Running Time: 115 minutes

Director: Alexander Payne

Synopsis: Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash adapted the novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings. A wealthy man (George Clooney) struggles to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife slips into a coma following a boating accident and he discovers she had been unfaithful to him.

Reception: Rotten Tomatoes Top Critics: 89%

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