The descendants

I went to see this film as part of the London film festival, at the Odeon Leicester Square (nice comfy seats, but a wopping £25 per ticket, which is a lot for a film, even with an introduction from the great Sandra Hebron), with Spodo, who was particualrly impressed with seeing George Clooney in the lobby, and also appreciated the free bar of chocolate with each seat.  The film is the story of a Hawaian man, played by Clooney, whose wife is lying in hospital in a coma, after a powerboat accident.  His two daughters are fairly uncontrolled, but he has to pull together some semblance of normal life.  At the same time, he discovers that his wife has been having an affair, and he is also head of an extended family whose land is up for sale for a gazillion dollars.  All in all I found the film very synthetic and the acting wooden.  Despite a potentially interesting story, I just didn't feel any empathy with the characters and the film didn't really make the most of the scenery of Hawaii.