Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie |
| Director |
Alexander Payne |
| Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, from the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
| Cinematography | Phedon Papamichael |
| Editing | Kevin Trent |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2011 |
| Produced by | Fox Searchlight Pictures, Ad Hominen Enterprises |
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| Genre | Drama, comedy |
| Language | Moderate to strong, fairly frequent, sexual |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Some talks about sex |
| Violence | One mild incident |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Some references |
| Comments | None |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Unaffected performances and an exotic location come together to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts. While there are some unpredicatable funny moments, the film concentrates on the messiness that is life. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Clooney die ster van dié gesinsdrama. | 15 | |
| Cape Times Todd McCarthy Cheers for Payne's replay after 'Sideways'. | 20 | |
| Box Office Pete Hammond Awards prospects are through the roof. The Descendants is that rare bird, moving, enlightening, funny and unapologetically human. It's one of the year's best pictures, one to savor and think about. | 20 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli The Descendants delivers what too few recent movies achieve: intellectual stimulation coupled with emotional satisfaction. By default, that makes it one of 2011's best offerings. | 18 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers If there's something fundamentally wrong with The Descendants, I can't find it. What I see ranks high on the list of the year's best films. | 20 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs While it might not work for everyone, I found it quite enjoyable, entertaining and touching. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 43 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 216 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Funny, moving, and beautifully acted, The Descendants captures the unpredictable messiness of life with eloquence and uncommon grace. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 16 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 50 critics | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 20913 Netizens A movie that you do NOT want to end... | 16 | |
Average .. 86% | 17 | |