The Descendants
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The Descendants

2011Movie1 h 55 minR5 awards

ComedyDrama
79
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.6/5Metacritic847.6Rotten Tomatoes87%79%
79
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.6/5Metacritic847.6Rotten Tomatoes87%79%

Summary

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Family movie night
  • Friends night

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Fingerprint

  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Hits close to home.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Pulls you in.

Not for scares or adrenaline.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Intrafamilial Class ConflictRare · in 15 titlesOn top of everything else, Matt is forced to deal with, he has to decide what to do with land that he inherited from his family, as it's been held in a trust for years, but the trust is about to expi…Converse with the Unconsciousin 91 titlesMatt encourages lots of people to visit and speak to Elizabeth while she is in the hospital, and before bringing in the kids he has one last fight with her.All 55 tropes

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