Alexander Payne (About Schmidt, Sideways) returns with this dramedy centring on Matt King (George Clooney), an indifferent husband and father, who has to reconnect with his two young daughters when his wife is involved in a boating accident and falls into a coma.

While struggling to make a decision about whether he should sell the family land in Hawaii that has been handed down through the generations, Matt uncovers a troubling secret about his wife.