The Descendants

"The Descendants is insistently sincere and positively sudsy."

"It's hardly noticeable you're being enlightened while entertained."

"Perfectly calibrated doses of comedy and tragedy."

"A wryly compassionate vision of human fallibility that occasionally threatens to slip off-track."

"A drama of unusual nuance and maturity."

"The Descendants is damn near perfect."

"We get vested in the lives of these characters. That's rare in a lot of movies."

"This is Clooney's show and he is hands-down terrific."

"A splendid comedy-drama."

"The Descendants is something to be cherished."

"Veers between the cutesy and the overly earnest."