The Descendants

Hosted by Joe Morgenstern Nov. 18, 2011 Entertainment

Director Alexander Payne (Sideways) takes on family and family history against the backdrop of our 50th state.

Even though Alexander Payne's new film, The Descendants, is set in Hawaii, we only get to see one hula dancer -- a little plastic doll, swinging her plastic-skirted hips...

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