George Clooney shows us once and for all that just because you live in paradise, it doesn't mean that your life is a bed of freshly picked roses. In fact living in paradise just provides a more picturesque background setting for all the misery that life may throw at you.
Following a boating accident that leaves his wife Elizabeth comatose in hospital, Matt King (Clooney) becomes head parent to troublesome girls Scottie (Amara Miller) and Alex (Shailene Woodley). His wifes accident sparks a journey around the Hawaiian islands as Matt goes on a mission with his daughters in tow to inform, friends, family and enemies alike of the situation and possible outcomes, and to hopefully form a relationship with the two people in his family he seems to have drifted from.
Each family member deal with the accident differently, 10 year old Scottie being at a naive age is certain that everything will turn out just fine and goes about being her regular slightly abnormal self. 17 year old Alex, already having behavioural problems doesn't take the situation lightly. She copes by insisting upon having the constant presence of friend Sid to help keep her grounded, much to her fathers annoyance.
As well as the shock of his wife's fatality and finding out information about the woman he thought he knew, Matt also has to deal with the burden of being the head of his extended family. The pressure rises to sell the 250,000 acres of their inherited land to the right company, but will Matt he let his personal problems influence a decision that will benefit everyone around him.
Not more to say as this film was incredibly lovable and took you on a trip to a beautiful Island, it was a wonderfully felt drama with choice comedy moments and characters that provided the audience with some light relief to the other wise serious plot.
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