‘The Descendants’
George Clooney, never more than a single twitch of the jawline from either humor or consternation, is revealed to be the perfect star for an Alexander Payne vehicle in 2011’s The Descendants. As Matt King, a successful Oahu businessman who faces unexpected business (internal squabbling over a long-held family-owned property) and personal (his wife is comatose following an accident) issues, we see Clooney wrestle with a host of adversities, all while sporting flip-flops and a sporting aloha shirt. The Hawaiian setting, unsurprisingly, provides a visually vivid backdrop.