Movie star. Millionaire playboy. Dedicated philanthropist. And now, George Clooney can add another credential to his enviable list: goofy runner. In The Descendants Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor gives a fine performance as a disenfranchised father who struggles to reconnect with his two daughters, while the mother lays in a coma following a jet skiing accident. Alexander Payne’s film may be small in scope but is big on heart, as the protagonists reflect on loss through uneasy bonding and a series of exchanges that range from tender to laugh-out loud eccentric. The fact that the comedy and sentimentalism never feel forced is what makes The Descendants worth the watch.
4/5
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