The Descendants
Screened in November 2011
Director: Alexander Payne. Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Barbara L. Southern, Milt Kogan, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Celia Kenney, Aileen Arnold, Karen Kuioka Hironaga, Carmen Kaichi. Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Taylor (based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings).
Twitter Capsule: A total farrago. Ersatz photography, crude script, lobotomized score. Badly needs subterranean albino flesh-eaters.

Photo © 2011 Fox Searchlight Pictures
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: F

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture
Best Director: Alexander Payne
Best Actor: George Clooney
★Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash
Best Film Editing: Kevin Tent

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★Best Picture (Drama)
Best Director: Alexander Payne
★Best Actor (Drama): George Clooney
Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Taylor

Other Awards:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Picture
National Board of Review: Best Actor (Clooney); Best Supporting Actress (Woodley); Best Adapted Screenplay
Satellite Awards: Best Picture; Best Adapted Screenplay
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