The Descendants, starring George Clooney, had many plaudits
and was generally well received by everyone who saw it. Personally I thought it
was good, but not ground-breaking.
The story is about a man living in Hawaii who has to build
upon his relationship with his kids after his wife is left in a coma after a
speedboat accident. Sounds cheery doesn’t it? Well it’s not as grim as it sounds;
in fact it’s pretty uplifting and heart-warming in parts.
Matt (Clooney) starts off the movie barely knowing his own
daughters, 10-year old Scotty and upper-teenage tearaway Alex; I don’t know why
they have unisex names, they just do. As the movie goes on the trio end up
bonding in strange ways from taking revenge on an estate agent who’s slept with
Matt’s wife to long car journeys with Alex’s friend Sid – who is a complete
idiot.
