George Clooney is an actor who is so unbelievably suave, the sheer presence of him in a film adds class and comfort that the film is going to be great, be it an assassin in The American to more different roles, such as the ill-fated Batman and Robin. Here, in this light-hearted but nonetheless impressive, hilarious domestic dramedy. Alexander Payne has proved to be wondrous with this sort of film, with the similarly themed Sideways being equally hilarious and depressing. The story goes that Matt King, workaholic, and a Hawaiian owner of a large area of land. His life is changed suddenly when his wife gets into a boating accent from which she won't recover and even more so when he finds out that while Matt has been busy at work, she has been cheating on him. So he takes his 10 year old feisty daughter Scottie, his conceited other daughter Alex and Alex's stoner friend Sid on a journey to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i to tell his wife's lover that his lover will die, and he to let him have a last goodbye. All of the child/teen actors are absolutely magnificent, and I particularly like Sid, who despite his stupid personality, may be a lot cleverer than expected, as revealed later on. George Clooney, as mentioned is wonderfully bitter but his emotional talk with Sid is a movie moment to cherish. Absolutely lovely. And like Sideways, it makes you feel like you've been on a very nice trip.
Teo
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