The Descendants

George Clooney is the father of two daughters, while his wife is in a coma, he learns that she was planning to leave him for another man. During this time, he also has to decide who he wants to sell a large piece of his family's untouched Hawaiian land to.

This was one of this year's films that I was looking forward to watching; everything I had heard about it was positive. And I will now reveal that, drum roll please, in my opinion, the positive accolades were warranted. This was just a good story, with lots of feeling. Clooney's Matt King has some big emotions to deal with and some big decisions to make, and we ultimately care about him and think it all through with him, and that's the rub with this whole movie - you become invested in this guy and can tell what he's thinking about. Having the movie set in Hawaii gives it an extra dimension, a different atmosphere; even people who live in paradise have to deal with big issues.

The ending is quiet and perfect.