It has a great cast led by Matthew McConaughey (more on him later) and Jared Leto, supported by a bevy of solid character actors like Denis O'Hare, Dallas Roberts, Kevin Rankin and Steve Zahn. (alphaprimitive.com)
They're solid characters these actors play, with Hopkins emitting devious, sardonic contempt as only he can and Gosling making his character's discovery of a soul believable. (markreviewsmovies.com)
Still, the dialogue is surprisingly smart, and the cast brims with rock solid character actors, including John Goodman, Stephen Root, Melissa Leo and Kevin Pollak. (maddwolf.com)