There are no real surprises in Michael Clayton, just the awareness of a job well done.
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10/10/07
Michael Clayton (2007)
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Reviews Counted:189
Fresh:170
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Michael Clayton is one of the most sharply scripted films of 2007, with an engrossing premise and faultless acting. Director Tony Gilroy succeeds not only in capturing the audience's attention, but holding it until the credits roll.
Theatrical Release:28-09-2007
Synopsis: Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is what is known in the legal world as a "fixer," or in the character's own pejorative version, a "janitor" who cleans up legal messes for VIPs and corporations on... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack
Director: Tony Gilroy
Reviews for Michael Clayton
101 - 120 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Dude, there’s a bomb in your car.
10/10/07
It’s The Insider remade and rechristened with all the coiled, white-hot intensity of a crime thriller like Heat.
10/10/07
An engrossing intellectual thriller with a shrewd grasp of crowd-pleasing storytelling ... the kind of Hollywood movie we could use a lot more of.
10/10/07
a mystery-thriller that is truly delightful to savor.
10/09/07
Full of plausible characters who are capable of surprising — and surpassing — your expectations.
10/09/07
Top Criticmade my jaw drop as I realized I was in for something special
10/08/07
A resonant throwback with deep roots to the political thrillers of the 1970s; slick, smart and saturated in dramatic paranoia.
10/08/07
One of my favorite movies of the year.
10/08/07
Some might see the dark cinematography, the protagonist pursued by demons, and the slow, wordy, incoherent story-telling as tense. I looked at my watch a lot.
10/08/07
Literate and convincing.
10/07/07
...an intelligent thriller that does not have an axe to grind. Sure, there is the evil corporate entity and its pitiless lawyers but they are relative fodder to feed Michael's story of redemption.
10/06/07
Once the narrative edges toward meeting up with where it began, Michael Clayton becomes riveting stuff all the way until the gratifyingly acidic ending.
10/06/07
A dense trip into the gray areas of the legal world that film fans will go back to again and again like the classics that inspired it. Don't miss it.
10/06/07
With his focused, charismatic manner and a character whose control is challenged by a colleague's principles, Clooney sustains the tension in a case of corporate corruption.
10/05/07
This is unequivocally a thriller for adults
10/05/07
And while Gilroy deploys the occasional exploding car, the film's climax is all words -- angry, carefully sharpened words -- with the stopping power of large-caliber bullets.
10/05/07
While the plot is complex in the telling, it unfolds onscreen with propulsive fascination.
10/05/07
This is Gilroy's first film as director; I can't wait to see what he's got next.
10/05/07
The ultimate showcase for the defining male lead of our time.
10/05/07
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