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The Descendants: A Compelling Family Drama

Matthew “Matt” King is a Honolulu-based attorney and the sole trustee of a family trust of 25,000 acres (100 km2) of pristine land on Kauai. The land has great monetary value, but is also a family legacy. While Matt has ably managed his own finances (as his father did), most of his cousins have squandered their inheritances. With the trust expiring in seven years due to the rule against perpetuities, the King clan is pressuring Matt to sell the land for hundreds of millions of dollars.

The Unfolding Crisis

Amidst these discussions, a boating accident has rendered Matt’s wife, Elizabeth, comatose. With Elizabeth hospitalized, Matt is forced to cope with his two troubled daughters, 10-year-old Scottie, who seeks attention by bullying other children, and 17-year-old Alex, who has a history of substance abuse and is away at a private boarding school on the Big Island. Doctors determine that Elizabeth’s coma is irreversible and her living will directs all life support to be discontinued. When Matt tells Alex, she reveals she learned during her last visit that Elizabeth was having an affair, causing a major rift between mother and daughter.

A Journey of Discovery and Forgiveness

Two close family friends, Kai and Mark Mitchell, tell Matt that Elizabeth was unhappy and loved Brian Speer, a real estate agent, and wanted a divorce. After Matt informs friends about Elizabeth’s condition so they can say goodbye, he decides Brian should also have an opportunity to do the same. He and the girls, along with Alex’s slacker friend Sid, travel to Kauai to find Brian. While there, Matt’s cousin, Hugh, mentions that Brian is brother-in-law to Don Hollitzer, the developer to whom the majority of the family wants to sell the land, and that Brian stands to make a small fortune from sales commissions for the properties that will be developed on the land. Matt and his daughters find Brian on vacation with his family at an oceanside cabin. Matt privately confronts Brian and informs him Elizabeth is dying, and offers him an opportunity to say goodbye.

After learning about Brian’s affair with Elizabeth, his wife, Julie, comes to the hospital. She tearfully tells a comatose Elizabeth that she wants to hate her for “trying to destroy” her family, but that she forgives her. Matt comes to terms with his wife’s infidelity and impending death. He kisses her goodbye, followed by Alex and Scottie. After she dies, they scatter Elizabeth’s ashes in the ocean off Waikiki.

Embracing Family and Moving Forward

Later, Matt, Scottie, and Alex eat ice cream together as they watch March of the Penguins, covering themselves in a blanket that Elizabeth had at the hospital. As the family finds solace in their shared grief, they come to realize the importance of forgiveness, love, and cherishing the memories of those they have lost.

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