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The Descendants
2011
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1268
- IMDb #1426
- Google retired #2189
- Rotten Tomatoes #1303
- Metacritic #520
- Letterboxd #1752
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1307
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1737
- Metacritic Critics #437
- Metacritic Audience #1010
- Criticker #1224
- AlloCiné #1787
Every rating
55–87
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87. Critics average 86, everyone else 73.
See the most agreed on films →A land baron in Hawaii tries to reconnect with his two young daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident. His world is further upended when he learns his wife was having an affair. He must now decide the fate of his family's vast ancestral land trust while grappling with his grief, anger, and new role as a sole parent.
Details
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Writers
- Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
- Based on
- The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
- Released
- 9 September 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $177.2M
- Awards
- 22 wins, 51 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 73 →6 major awards won · 22 wins from 73 nominations across 25 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2012 | Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
| Golden Globes 2012 | Best Actor – Drama | George Clooney | Winner |
| Golden Globes 2012 | Best Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2012 | Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2012 | Best Supporting Female | Shailene Woodley | Winner |
| Grammy Awards 2013 | Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media | Nominee | |
| Academy Awards 2012 | Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
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Golden Globes
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor – Drama | George Clooney | Winner |
| Best Picture – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Best Supporting Female | Shailene Woodley | Winner |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
| Best Acting Ensemble | Cast | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Academy Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Kevin Tent | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild
2 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Ensemble | Beau Bridges, George Clooney, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Jane Anne Stewart | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor | Nominee |
National Board of Review
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Winner |
| Top 10 Films | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Best Picture | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Winner |
Satellite Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Satellite Award for Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Judy Greer | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
American Film Institute
1 nomination, 1 won
| Movies of the Year | Winner |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Shailene Woodley | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Chairman's Award | George Clooney (Also for The Ides of March ) | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
6 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
| Best Director | Alexander Payne | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
| Most Promising Performer | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
4 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
3 nominations
| Best Actor – International | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Film – International | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay – International | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Nominee |
| Best Film | Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
3 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Breakthrough Performance | Shailene Woodley | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
2 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Use of Music in a Film | Nominee |
Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Alexander Payne, Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Big Budget Drama Feature | John Jackson, John McAlary | Nominee |