Directed by:
Alexander PayneCinematography:
Phedon PapamichaelCast:
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Beau Bridges, Matt Corboy, Michael Ontkean, Tom McTigue (more)VOD (5)
Plots(1)
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning SIDEWAYS, set in Hawaii, THE DESCENDANTS is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![George Clooney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/403/168403577_5bt579.jpg)
George Clooney
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
![Shailene Woodley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/043/164043596_4b5edb.jpg)
Shailene Woodley
USA
Best movies:
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Snowden (2016)
To Catch a Killer (2023)
![Amara Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456140_454779.jpg)
Amara Miller
Best movies:
The Descendants (2011)
Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)
![Nick Krause](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456141_0849ba.jpg)
Nick Krause
USA
Best movies:
Boyhood (2014)
Class Rank (2017)
The Descendants (2011)
![Patricia Hastie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/835/160835953_8d353e.png)
Patricia Hastie
Best movies:
The Descendants (2011)
Princess Kaiulani (2009)
Kaui Hart Hemmings
USA
Best movies:
The Descendants (2011)
![Beau Bridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433020_e50ead.png)
Beau Bridges
USA
Best movies:
Into the West (2005) (series)
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
Matt Corboy
USA
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Passengers (2016)
Please Stand By (2017)
![Michael Ontkean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/032/163032190_e82d76.jpg)
Michael Ontkean
Canada
Best movies:
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
Making Love (1982)
Maid to Order (1987)
Tom McTigue
Best movies:
Boyhood (2014)
The Descendants (2011)
Balls Out (2014)
![Milt Kogan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/106/160106628_ec945b.jpg)
Milt Kogan
USA
Best movies:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Mary Birdsong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/233/165233145_6204ea.jpg)
Mary Birdsong
USA
Best movies:
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Freeheld (2015)
The Descendants (2011)
![Rob Huebel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/014/419/14419900_03a453.jpg)
Rob Huebel
USA
Best movies:
Despicable Me (2010)
Miss Stevens (2016)
The Descendants (2011)
Laird Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
The Descendants (2011)
North Shore (1987)
Point Break (2015)
![Robert Forster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/056/165056082_75f427.jpg)
Robert Forster
USA
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Barbara L. Southern
Best movies:
The Descendants (2011)
Battleship (2012)
Celia Kenney
Best movies:
The Descendants (2011)
You May Not Kiss the Bride (2011)
![Matthew Lillard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/947/162947011_f75456.jpg)
Matthew Lillard
USA
Best movies:
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010)
Wicker Park (2004)
Without Limits (1998)
![Judy Greer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618386_a8ff36.jpg)
Judy Greer
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Ant-Man (2015)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Scott Michael Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Hidden Figures (2016)
The Descendants (2011)
The Book of Eli (2010)