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Michael Clayton (2007) Rank 2 Reviews
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![Michael Clayton (2007) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]](../images/2_5.gif)
Empire Magazine [UK]
This issue-led thriller-cum-star vehicle has a grabby opening. On
a night when everyone else in his powerful Manhattan law firm is up late settling a huge suit and paying off a crowd of small farmers who’ve been poisoned by a dodgy product, legal shark ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
DVD Clinic (Jason Adams)
Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Keeps you involved and in suspense until the last moment. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
UR Chicago Magazine (Mark Dujsik)
Broad in its characterizations and message but subdued in presenting them through a complex plot. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at UR Chicago Magazine (Mark Dujsik)
PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Michael Clayton is a lot of things - somber, menacing, heartfelt, and heroic. It tells an intriguing tale in a wonderfully evocative manner. Unfortunately, there is one thing that it's not - and that's great. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
There's too much drag time in the beginning to say that this movie lives up to all the hype it's getting, but it is still worth going to see. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at TheMovieChicks.com (Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone)
Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
...a good last scene can redeem a lot of tedium, and [writer-director Tony] Gilroy provides a doozy... ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
The dialogue may crackle, but the characters are standard-issue. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
As a so-called fixer for a prestigious New York law firm, Michael Clayton (Clooney, Ocean's Thirteen) can't seem to fix much these days, most notably, his deteriorating lifestyle. When the firm's clients get into a legal bind, he smoothes the way to ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Movie Gazette
Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a lawyer working for a large corporate legal firm as a "fixer". He cleans up messy legal problems for the company's "heavy hitting" clients. It's a job he's getting sick of, he's middle-aged, divorced and realizes that ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Movie Gazette
FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
There is no doubt George Clooney is one of the best actors of his generation. And when you team him with people like Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Sidney Pollack, Ken Howard and Michael O'Keefe, you expect some performance fireworks. Shame they were ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at FirstShowing.net (Jaq Greenspon)
KPBS.org (Beth Accomando)
The strength of the film is Tom Wilkinson's performance as a bipolar lawyer who stops taking his medication and has an epiphany of sorts. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at KPBS.org (Beth Accomando)
Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
This film has a superb cast and all the right ingredients to score a touchdown. Unfortunately, it settled for a field goal. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Pop Syndicate (Stefan Halley)
Empire Magazine [UK]
FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Michael Clayton (Clooney) is a 'fixer' for a prestigious New York law firm. It is his job to sort out problems in cases, and sometimes to make them go away entirely. He finds his services needed when Arthur Edens (Wilkinson), the attorney currently ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
The great Alfred Hitchcock once summed up so profoundly why it is we’ll root for bad guys and anti-heroes in the movies. Audiences just love to see someone who does their job really well. We can respect that, even be fascinated by it, despite whatever ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
Ace work from all involved... ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Impressively directed, superbly acted thriller, but it moves too slowly to really engage the audience and ultimately works better as a character ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Film e Dvd
Scritto e diretto da Tony Gilroy, al suo primo lavoro, prodotto con l'aiuto illustre di Sydney Pollack (anche attore) e Steven Soderbergh, “Michael Clayton” è un legal-thriller di ambientazione metropolitana, girato prevalentemente di notte (per ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Film e Dvd
kids-in-mind
George Clooney stars as a man referred to as a "janitor" and a "fixer" since he works for a law firm cleaning up messy situations that involve powerful corporations. His most recent task is to find out why the lead attorney defending a large chemical ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at kids-in-mind
Cinematical (James Rocchi)
I walked out of Michael Clayton feeling something like 'let down,' although a brief examination of my expectations got to the root of the matter. Walking into Michael Clayton, I was hoping for a film along the lines of classic '70s Sidney Lumet or Alan J. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Screen International
George Clooney isn't out to break the mould with Michael Clayton, a slow, moody and insomniac thriller which wears its social conscience very much on its sleeve. In Syriana and Good Night and Good Luck (and to some extent The Good German) audiences have ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Screen International
Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
There's sincerity in Gilroy's belief in man's aptitude for recognizing the error of his ways, as well as in his acknowledgement that realignments of one's moral compass often require great application. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)
Boxoffice Magazine
Writer/director Tony Gilroy has penned a number of intelligent scripts for movies as diverse as Dolores Claiborne, Proof of Life and the Bourne films. Michael Clayton is no less intelligent. But Gilroy thinks more like a screenwriter than a film ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
So: the crazy people are the truly sane ones. Does this sound more like a complex 70s thriller or a dizzy 60s dream? ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Despite an exceptional performance by Clooney, Michael Clayton is like watching a drawn-out third act that left the really compelling stuff back in the first two. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Newsday (Jan Stuart)
It's invigorating and impressive on a formal level, but ultimately wearying. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Newsday (Jan Stuart)
CHUD (Devin Faraci)
There's nothing sadder than a prestige picture that just doesn't work, because these kinds of films so rarely allow themselves to have fun. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
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. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Once the narrative edges toward meeting up with where it began, Michael Clayton becomes riveting stuff all the way until the gratifyingly acidic ending. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
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. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
Cinopsis (--)
Michael est un avocat qui ne plaide pas, mais qui gère les situations d'urgence de ses gros clients. Il va devoir s'occuper d'un scandale sanitaire dans lequel est impliquée l'une des plus grosses firmes agroalimentaires qu'il représente. Pour cet avoc ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Cinopsis (--)
Cinema Blend
There is no point to Michael Clayton,it’s a corporate mystery movie with nothing to latch on to. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Cinema Blend
Chart Magazine (--)
As a prestige picture, Michael Clayton hits all the right notes for George Clooney. You can pick out the parts that would be shown in an Oscar montage, and the actor aces each scene with ease. The problem is, the movie's narrative does nothing to draw ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Chart Magazine (--)
Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
n his directorial debut, The Bourne Identity writer Tony Gilroy lifts Michael Clayton slightly higher than other recent big-budget thrillers—Breach, The Good Shepherd, Mr. Brooks—for a mildly interesting character drama. ...read the complete Michael Clayton movie review at Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
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