Your tip
RadarOnlineRadarOnline
BREAKING NEWS

Is George Clooney's Performance In The Descendants Really Oscar-Worthy?

//decendants_sq

Nov. 24 2011, Published 7:24 a.m. ET

Link to FacebookShare to XShare to Email

In what may be the best movie of the year, George Clooney stars in The Descendants, a Hawaii-set dramedy by Alexander Payne (Sideways).

Clooney plays a lawyer who learns his wife will never recover from the coma she's fallen into following a boating accident. But as he tries to figure out how to break this fact to his daughters, he has to adjust to some other news: His wife was having an affair and contemplating leaving him.

Article continues below advertisement

Issues of life, death and love don't seem like material for a comedy, but Payne and Clooney find the humor within the tragedy. Not that this movie won’t bring tears, but you'll be laughing and crying.

Clooney gives an Oscar-worthy performance as a man torn between his raw feelings, his duty to his daughters and an impending decision about a long-standing family trust. And the young actresses who play his daughters — Amara Miller and Shailene Woodley — are outstanding.

MORE ON:
Shailene Woodley

LONG STORY SHORT: It's one of the essential movies of the year.

Advertisement

DAILY. BREAKING. CELEBRITY NEWS. ALL FREE.

Opt-out of personalized ads

© Copyright 2024 RADAR ONLINE™️. A DIVISION OF EMPIRE MEDIA GROUP INC. RADAR ONLINE is a registered trademark. All rights reserved. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Offers may be subject to change without notice.