type: 

COMEDY

DRAMA

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

name	character
Mary Birdsong	Kai Mitchell
Beau Bridges	Cousin Hugh
George Clooney	Matt King
Matt Corboy	Cousin Ralph
Robert Forster	Scott Thorson
Judy Greer	Julie Speer
Rob Huebel	Mark Mitchell
Milt Kogan	Dr. Johnston
Nick Krause	Sid
Matthew Lillard	Brian Speer
Amara Miller	Scottie King
Scott Michael Morgan	Barry Thorson
Michael Ontkean	Cousin Milo
Shailene Woodley	Alexandra King

name
Tracy Boyd	producer
Jim Burke	producer
Nat Faxon	screenplay
Kaui Hart Hemmings	writer (original)
George Parra	producer
Alexander Payne	director, screenplay, producer
Jim Rash	screenplay
Jim Taylor	producer

year	award	category	name
2011	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Alexander Payne
2011	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Nat Faxon
2011	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Jim Rash
2011	Golden Globe Award	Best Picture
2011	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor	George Clooney