The Descendants. Matt King (George Clooney) and his children Alexandra (Shailene Woodley) and Scottie (Amara Miller) are faced with a challenging moment in life. Their wife/mother was in an accident and is brain dead, soon to be taken off life support. Alexandra also reveals to Matt that his wife (her mother) was cheating on him. Matt decides to find her lover and tell him about his wife.
One of the problems I had with the movie was the portrayal of the oldest daugher, Alexandra. She is shown to be a rebel at the start of the movie, but is she really a rebel? True, she isn't the perfect kid, but she hardly seems like the rebel during the second half of the movie. Instead, in some ways, I felt like she was the her father's emotional support during much of the movie.
And if the daughter perhaps had certain issues, I would blame her parents. There was a moment where the family goes to the father-in-law/grandfather to tell him about his daughter. It is interesting how the grandfather attacks Alexandra and Matt basically lets his daughter get emotionally abused. Later; however, Alexandra defends her father against the grandfather. It is almost like we have a reversal of roles here between daughter-father, which indicates to me that maybe the daughter was a rebel because she had to go it on her own.
Movie has a slow methodic process to it. There aren’t any moments of excitement. Just a look at a tough moment in life.
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