Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- George ClooneyMichael Clayton
- Tom WilkinsonArthur Edens
- Tilda SwintonKaren Crowder
- Michael O'KeefeBarry Grissom
- Sydney PollackMarty Bach
- Danielle SkraastadBridget Klein (voice)
- Wai ChanChinese Dealer
- Alberto VazquezPlayer #1
- Brian KoppelmanPlayer #2
- Tom McCarthyWaiter (voice)
Recommendations
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Entertainment Weekly
It's better than good; it's such a crackling and mature and accomplished movie that it just about restores your faith. - 90
L.A. Weekly
This loving throwback to the paranoid thrillers of the ’70s is a beauty. - 88
Rolling Stone
Deliberate, demanding and character-driven, Michael Clayton flies in the face of what sells at the multiplex. I couldn't have liked it more. - 88
Chicago Tribune
Michael Clayton is a here’s-how-it-happened drama, cleverly but not over-elaborately structured. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
As with the Bourne films, Gilroy has a knack for creating strong characters and situations that resonate with tension. It may be formula, but the guy is a solid chemist as he crafts excellent set-ups and payoffs. - 80
The New Yorker
It’s all fascinating. Gilroy is an entertainer. - 80
Village Voice
Gilroy's up to the challenge, as is his uniformly astounding cast--Clooney, especially, as the charmed and charming man stripped of his superpowers, but also Wilkinson and Swinton as the mirror images of each other. - 75
ReelViews
There is an audience out there for slower, more intellectual thrillers. This is a motion picture for them to discover.
