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The Descendants (2011)
Simply Overrrated
Every year there is an incredibly overrated movie that gets nominated for best picture and other awards, this year its The Descendants. I have enjoyed Alexander Paynes previous movies very much, i loved Election and All About Schmidt. the first half of the film tries extremely hard to be subtly funny but misses every time, then it tries this realistic emotional story but you never actually believe any of the characters, the whole movie feels so artificial, the characters are so clichéd, its another indie dysfunctional family movie thats hardly enjoyable. I would never want to discourage someone from seeing a movie for themselves but I caution you if you haven't seen it try to go in with low expectations rather than expecting an Oscar worthy movie you might find some enjoyment in it... p.s. I have lost my respect for Alexander Payne