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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 84/100. Scores higher than 94% of the 4,375 2010s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic84/100
3,153 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander PayneDirector
- Alexander PayneScreenplay
- Jim RashScreenplay
- Nat FaxonScreenplay
- Jeff PetersonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George ClooneyMatt King
- Shailene WoodleyAlexandra King
- Amara MillerScottie King
- Nick KrauseSid
- Patricia HastieElizabeth King
- Grace A. CruzScottie's Teacher
- Kim GennaulaSchool Counselor
- Karen Kuioka HironagaBarb Higgins
- Carmen KaichiLani Higgins
- Kaui Hart HemmingsMatt's Secretary Noe
- Beau BridgesCousin Hugh
- Matt CorboyCousin Ralph
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Themes
daughterinfidelityhawaiifather-in-lawbeach houseboating accidentestatedying motherteenage daughtertrusteetrust fundwild girl
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