Michael Clayton

Pros: Story, George Clooney, Supporting Cast
Cons: Measured pace, must pay attention

Michael Clayton (2007) When you have to teach ethics it seems like it's a pretty scarce commodity. Attorney Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a fixer - a person who takes out the trash for his high priced legal firm. He is very good at ...

Pros: A plot that needs to be carefully watched to figure out.
Cons: At times it gets too clever for its own good.

Every now and then I come across a film that bothers the hell out of me, and sometimes enough to really dislike it. Taking in the film, Michael Clayton, I was left with those ambivalent feelings. Taking the viewer into the world of lawyers ...

Pros: Well done thriller with good cast. Clooney's performance.
Cons: Might move a little too slow for some viewers.

I have liked George Clooney for many years and have seen several of his movies, liking most of them. I was interested in seeing his new movie, Michael Clayton< b>< i>, after the first time I saw a preview. I just saw it and believe it is one of ...

Pros: Good acting and direction
Cons: Kind of boring

Michael Clayton is a fairly tense thriller about a bunch of lawyers trying to cover up an environmental mishap that got a lot of people sick or killed. George Clooney stars as the ‘fixer’ in the middle of it all who is torn between doing his job ...

Pros: amazing directing, great storyline, phenomenal acting, excellent score
Cons: predictable

Bourne scribe Tony Gilroy’s latest creation, Michael Clayton has become a huge Oscar powerhouse, receiving nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Music, Best Motion Picture and Best Screenplay for Picture. ...

Pros: That indefinable something that just made the movie great!
Cons: It ended.

Michael Clayton, professional “fixer” for a prestigious New York law firm and former prosecutor extraordinaire, is haunted not only by his conscience but by the demands of the mafia. As he becomes furthered entrenched in the foibles and machinations of ...

Pros: The plots don't mix, but it was interesting enough to finish.
Cons: A story so weak that great actors could do little with it.

The eponymous Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is, at best, an incomplete film. To use the hackneyed phrase, the film is like Swiss cheese. Michael is a legal fixer, meaning that it is his job to find ways around difficult situations. The first ...

Pros: Wilkinson's performance is rather interesting, a couple good scenes
Cons: dull, confusing, forgettable

When the Oscar nominations came out last month, I was taken aback by the frequency with which I heard the title Michael Clayton. I've been pretty attuned to the world of film this year, with some help from Entertainment Weekly and a pair ...

Pros: Excellent movie, well crafted, great performances, suspenseful plot.
Cons: Depressing on some levels.  Erin Brockovich was better.

Michael Clayton (2007) Directed by Tony GilroyMichael Clayton: I am not the enemy. Arthur Edens: Then who are you?Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a fixer.  When things jump the track, he is the man who ...

Pros: A well cast legal film.
Cons: A bit too sensationalized at points.

There is always something about a legal based movie that seems to focus on an almost sensational practice of law rather than the rather mundane and down to earth daily law that is typically practiced on a daily basis. Perhaps it is true that most people ...

Pros: Amazing script, Innovative style, Fantastic performances all around
Cons: None.

To be honest, I wasn't really even looking forward to "Michael Clayton" after seeing the trailer. I only went because I had a free ticket and after seeing it's average critic rating I figured it was worth checking out. I was shocked when the credit's ...

Pros: Dialogue, direction, performance.
Cons: Oblique storytelling.

Michael Clayton is not a film that should've received as good of reviews as it did -- not because the appraise was undeserved, but because some of gaping issues in the storytelling that make it less engaging. But Tony Gilroy, who provided all ...

Pros: It's very tasteful and professional
Cons: Oh wait, I meant to put that under "Cons"

Spoilers: I will spoil the living bejesus out of this movie In the middle of Michael Clayton, a frustrated cop barks at the titular character, “You’ve got all these cops thinking you’re a lawyer, and all these lawyers thinking ...

Pros: George Clooney in one of his best roles.
Cons: Slow in parts.

I have to say first off that I'm not sure I can adequately describe this film but I will try. Last night I watched No Reservations (a fun family film) and then once I sent the hubby off to work, I sat down with Michael Clayton for a deeper type flick. ...

Pros: Performances, narrative subtlety, writing and directing
Cons: Premise is a cliche

You've seen it all before in countless legal eagle movies: a flawed lawyer and a major case. This has often been a cliche in far too many legal thrillers to name and ever since the wake of John Grisham books being turned into feature films, it's a ...