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Quick Info

Rating

6.8/10

Release2011

Runtime1h 55m

StatusReleased

Budget$20,000,000

Revenue$177,200,000

Production

Dune Entertainment

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Ad Hominem Enterprises

Movie

The Descendants

2011

1h 55m

6.8

Comedy

Drama

Synopsis

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.

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