The Descendants (2011) — Screenplay
A detached Hawaiian land baron must reconnect with his estranged daughters while deciding the fate of his family's pristine land after his wife's boating accident.
- Written by
- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Kaui Hart Hemmings
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Studio
- Fox
- Length
- 116 pages
Payne and company balance wry humor with genuine pathos, making the protagonist's emotional arc feel earned. Study the film's use of voiceover and irony to layer interiority into a deceptively simple plot, and how island setting becomes character.
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