This was a pleasant surprise. I had heard good things about it, but nothing came close to doing this movie justice. I heard it was Clooney's best performance of his career, but I don't think it was. He was way better in The Ides of March in my opinion.
Following a man whose wife is in the hospital from a boating accident who reconnects with his daughters, The Descendants could have been more hard hitting and brought more to the table, but as movies go it was decent.
The plot is very straightforward and doesn't really surprise much. This is due to a large part of the "surprises" being shown in various previews and trailers. I thought this was going to revolve a lot more around a man reconnecting with his daughters, but instead I found myself focusing on Sid a lot more than either of the daughters or Clooney. I also expected this to be a much heavier film, but found it to be very funny without losing any of the meaning.
Just because the plot didn't keep me invested in the daughters or Clooney doesn't mean that the acting was great. Shailene Woodley was endearing and incredible as one of Matt King's (George Clooney) daughters. A spot-on performance from her, which would have stolen the show had Sid (Nick Krause) not been as prominent as he was. She gave the best performance of the movie outshining Clooney. His performance as a father with two estranged daughters was good, but not good enough. Again, he is much much better in Ides of March.
Overall, it was a good movie, not great, but was much more entertaining than I thought it ever would be.
6.5/10
No comments:
Post a Comment