Thelma Adams on Reel Women: George Clooney does “Mr. Mom” in “The Descendants”

Here’s the latest entry from my AMC filmcritic.com column:

REMEMBER the famous line about Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, “Sure he was great, but don’t forget Ginger Rogers did everything he did backwards … and in high heels”? Keep that in mind while enjoying Alexander Payne’s The Descendants, in which disaffected dad George Clooney finds himself by sliding into his wife’s shoes.