Touching, well-written story of a family living on Hawaii dealing with a comatose cheating wife and the emotional wreckage she has left behind. Several of the players...particularly Clooney and Shailene Woodley, the young girl who played his troubled teenage daughter...got a chance to display their talents in heart-wrenching scenes.
Nothing here clunked; the scenario, while clearly manipulative and calculating rang true, the location work shone...the whole production put it among the top five US films of the year.
Payne's done some fine films (Citizen Ruth, About Schmidt, Election) and some junk (Sideways) but this one is firmly in the former group. Nice job.
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