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Reviewed this week: The Descendants. Directed by Alexander Payne. Rating: 5/5. Intruders. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Rating: 2/5.

George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in Alexander Payne's The Descendants.
George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in Alexander Payne's The Descendants.

Reviewed: The Descendants

**Directed by Alexander Payne**

**Nationwide, cert 15A**

**Rating:** 5/5

Eight years on from Sideways, director Alexander Payne returns with **The Descendants**, a quiet story about a family tragedy that is also an uplifting character comedy.

Payne has always been able to inject his identifiably flawed, ordinary Joe characters with unexpected darts of humour, but his unique knack of subtly shifting moods and ...