Overview
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
I enjoyed this film far more than I thought I would. It started out as a bit of a character study and I always like that. As the film neared the end it wound up being a bit of a thriller and that was a little unexpected. Despite the fact that the plot picked up it never lost site of the fact that the film was about the characters and not the plot twist. That’s the difference between a film like this and something like State of Play.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Michael Clayton
Movie title: Michael Clayton
Movie description: A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Date published: 2010-07-10
Director(s): Tony Gilroy
Actor(s): George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Robert Prescott, Denis O'Hare, Julie White, Austin Williams, Jennifer Van Dyck, Frank Wood, Amy Hargreaves, Rachel Black, Merritt Wever, Susan Pellegrino, Katherine Waterston, Heidi Armbruster, Pamela Gray, Bill Raymond
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
My Review
I enjoyed this film far more than I thought I would. It started out as a bit of a character study and I always like that. As the film neared the end it wound up being a bit of a thriller and that was a little unexpected. Despite the fact that the plot picked up it never lost site of the fact that the film was about the characters and not the plot twist. That’s the difference between a film like this and something like State of Play.
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My Review - 8.75/10
8.75/10