The Descendants

I like this movie... it is geared towards a deep audience.
It talks about spiritual stuff, like how to let go of someone you love. And that's the main task of George Clooney's character Matt King, who has to come to terms with the fact that his wife is dying. He hadn't spent all that much time with her before her paralysis, and realized from his daughter that his wife had cheated on him.
The movie is pretty funny at times, like when Matt and his two daughters ( from whom he was estranged) go on a little road trip so Matt can face his wife's adulterer buddy and tell him the facts. The actual confrontation is melancholy, but the process has some comedy, like how Matt's older daughter brings along her boyfriend to the scene like a puppy dog.
I also like how Matt King's family is dysfunctional and normal. With one of his daughters being a violent little runt and the other one, a normal rebellious but down to earth teen (I know those are a lot of adjectives). Even though the setting is in Hawaii and the dad, being the sole inheritor of his great grandmother's land and money, is technically rich, his family still has problems, that rise to the surface and erupt after his wife has this accident.
"The Descendants" also brings up the dilemma that Matt King must do something with this inherited land. His cousins want him to sell it, but a lot of people don't want him to let go of it. His great-grandmother was apparently some sort of Princess, so his family is Hawaiian royalty, and by signing off on this decision about the land, Matt King will affect the entire state.
As far as the screenplay goes, I like the blunt beginning when Matt King says, "people think that Hawaiians relax and chill on the beach, well they are f****** wrong, what are they thinking?! I haven't gone surfing in twenty years!!"
Anyways, the movie is definitely well taken. It is worth watching if you want an insightful movie that has relatable characters. In other words, an almost 180 degree turn from a twilight movie.