Total FilmA wryly compassionate vision of human fallibility that occasionally threatens to slip off-track, but is anchored by one of C...
CinefoolsThere is an organic feel to the performances in this film something like free range acting,
Wall Street JournalAfter his last feature, Mr. Payne was compared by some to Billy Wilder for his wit, and by others to Jean Renoir for his hum...
Salon ArtsBegins as a rambling tale about an inept father wrestling with tragedy and gradually builds toward a satisfying emotional pa...
New York MagazineMockery and empathy seesaw, the balance precarious -- and thrillingly so. It's the noblest kind of satire: cruel and yet, in...
The New York TimesTo call The Descendants perfect would be a kind of insult, a betrayal of its commitment to, and celebration of, human imperf...
Rolling StoneThe Descendants is damn near perfect. Director Alexander Payne is a master of the human comedy and George Clooney has never ...
Los Angeles TimesA tragedy infused with comedy that calls for a balancing act from filmmaker and star alike, a tightrope they navigate with n...
USA TodayAs directed by Alexander Payne, the film moves seamlessly from wry humor to heartbreaking sadness and takes clever deviation...
New York PostThere's not a wasted moment or a misstep in a film that skillfully weaves its two story lines into a twin climax that's some...
New York Daily NewsPayne's observational humor and attention to detail yield something emotionally epic. Everything from beachfront jogs to hos...
Richard RoeperThe Descendants is one of the stranger and yet one of the more effective weepers in recent years.
Entertainment WeeklyAnother beautifully chiseled piece of filmmaking - sharp, funny, generous, and moving - that writes its own rules as much as...
The Philadelphia InquirerPayne introduces a circle of friends and family, and shows us the connections, and conflicts, in play. And he makes it all f...
The Boston GlobeI can't think of another movie this year that made me laugh or weep harder for the whole lumpy business of being - the compr...
SlateIt's such a disappointment that The Descendants -- Alexander Payne's first film after a seven-year hiatus following Sideways...
San Francisco ChronicleIt's more straightforward and sentimental than most Payne films, and at times it lands very close to sitcom territory. But i...
Washington PostA tough, tender, observant, exquisitely nuanced portrait of mixed emotions at their most confounding and profound -- all at ...
The New YorkerThe latest exhibit in Payne's careful dissection of the beached male, which runs from Matthew Broderick's character in Elect...
Entertainment WeeklyHas it really been seven years since Alexander Payne's last movie? I thought Sideways (2004) was the most exquisite American...
E! OnlineGeorge Clooney explores death and infidelity with just the right amount of hilarity in writer-director Alexander Payne's fol...
Hollywood ReporterA splendid comedy-drama about a father coping with his comatose wife and difficult daughters represents high points for Geor...
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Director: Alexander Payne
Writer: Alexander Payne
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Cast: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges
Release: December 16, 2011
Writer: Alexander Payne
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Cast: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges
Release: December 16, 2011
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