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The Descendants is a 2011 comedy-drama film based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard and Shailene Woodley and it was released in the United States on November 18, 2011. It is directed by Alexander Payne, with a screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. The film screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

Matt King, the trustee of his family's ancestral land in Hawaii, tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a serious boating accident and falls into a coma. Under pressure from different factions to sell the land, he belatedly learns a disturbing secret about his wife.

The film began its on-location shoot in Hawaii on March 15, 2010. Post-production began on June 14, and continued into February 2011. The film was originally scheduled to have a limited release on December 16, 2011 but was moved to November 23, 2011 and then November 18, 2011.