The Descendants

I was expecting a comedy and, although there were some funny moments, this was a very serious (but not sad) film. Elizabeth is a wife and the mother of two girls. When she is involved in a boating accident she is left in a coma from which she won’t recover. The rest of the film revolves around her family and how they deal with the news. A secret is revealed, a mystery solved, and a huge land deal is thrown into the mix. The movie was shot in Hawaii so the scenery is, as you would expect, beautiful.