Movie · 115 min · 15 · cmy, drm
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.
Where to watch The Descendants
Available on 9 platforms across 4 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 3 countries, best placed at #316 in Bulgaria.
Available languages
Audio: Czech, ES-419, English, FR-CA, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, PT-BR, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ES-419, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, PT-BR, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
Chart history
The Descendants has spent 0 days in a top 3, 1 days in a top 10 and 6 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #7.
Cast
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie, Grace A. Cruz, Kim Gennaula, Karen Kuioka Hironaga, Carmen Kaichi, Kaui Hart Hemmings, Beau Bridges, Matt Corboy, Matt Esecson, Michael Ontkean, Stanton Johnston, Jon McManus, Hugh Foster, Tiare R. Finney
Crew
Alexander Payne (director,producer,screenplay), Jim Rash (screenplay), Jim Taylor (producer), Jim Burke (producer), Nat Faxon (screenplay)
Awards
4 wins from 9 nominations.
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 2012 — won
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film 2011 — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films — won
- Academy Award for Best Picture 2012 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Director 2012 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 2012 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Actor 2012 — nominated
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 2012 — nominated