The Descendants is a drama and comedy film based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hennings. The star cast including Shailene Woodley includes George Clooney, Judy Greer, and Matthew Lillard. It has not yet released and the date of release is set for November 18th 2011, and even though it has not released it has been receiving a lot of critical acclaim from many people. It has already been screened at film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Directed by Alexander Payne, the film is about Matt King who is a land keeper for his families land in Hawaii wife gets severely injured in a boating accident, and falls into a coma. After the accident he tries to reconnect with his two daughters (Shailene being one of those daughters). The story is basically many people forcing Matt King to sell his land, so he could really connect with his daughters without the stress, and the pressure family brings to him. It all gets even more hard for him when he learns something different about his wife.

The Gotham Awards is yearly held in New York City they credit and give all independent film makers what they deserve, credit and recognition. The nominees from this award usually end up doing excellence in the Oscars.

The Descendants is nominated in the Best Feature category, going against movies like Beginners, Meek’s Cutoff, The Tree of Life, and Take Shelter.

We all hope Shailene and the team do great and all the best at the Gotham’s! GOOD LUCK

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