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Nominated for 7 Oscars Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach & Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack). Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer, his divorce, a failed business venture and mounting debt have left Clayton inextricably tied to the firm. At U/North, meanwhile, the career of litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) rests on the multi-million dollar settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is leading to a seemingly successful conclusion. But when Kenner Bach's brilliant and guilt-ridden attorney Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) sabotages the U/North case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his career and his life.
Average rating (12 reviews)
A smart and complex thriller
ratty1984 | 7/31/2008 | See all ratty1984's reviews (128) »
Michael Clayton represents the everyman striving for human morals and ideals in a world ruled by corporate conglomerates. We often are bombarded with struggles between man and evil corporations polluting our homes, airwaves, forests and rivers. This is a classic tale of David versus Goliath. In the same way the small guy wins over the giant.
The tone of the film is composed in muted shades of grey, lost in the pure void of commercial office blocks and eerie fluorescent lighting. This is complimented the by stillness of dusk and the lethalness of silent assassins. Much if the film's shocks and turns happen behind closed doors in main office blocks, and behind locked apartment doors. It is representative of the truth on the edge of revelation but silenced by the sly powers that be.
DISSAPOINTED - CLOONEY CAN ACT SOMETIMES - NOT ALL THE TIME
Blackadder3333 | 6/9/2008 | See all Blackadder3333's reviews (36) »
Goof film, but why the oscar hype?
benno14 | 5/20/2008 | See all benno14's reviews (24) »
I enjoyed this movie. George Clooney was on typically good form, but not sure why he was oscar nominated, or why Tilda Swinton won an oscar. Tom Wilkinson is also good in this movie and I found it got better as it went on and a nice twist at the end. You should certainly enjoy it, I just don't see why any of the perfromances were seen as outstanding. If you compare with Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises for instance. I haven't seen Daniel Day Lewis yet in There Will Be Blood, but I am sure he is incredible.
George Clooney, Sean Cullen, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Ken Howard, Denis O'Hare, Robert Prescott, Austin Williams, Merritt Wever & David Lansbury | |
15 years and over | |
2007 | |
Widescreen | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
1 hour and 59 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
