"Clooney plays it all so cool that he and the movie both sneak up on us. This is the role of a lifetime, on many levels. And he delivers the performance of a lifetime."

"A very cleverly crafted screenplay, co-written by Baumbach and British actor-writer Emily Mortimer, balances the in-jokes with perceptive observations about status anxiety, the vapidity of celebrity culture, and the fragility of family ties."