Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 196
Fresh: 177 | Rotten: 19
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.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 2
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.
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Michael Clayton (George Clooney) handles all of the dirty work for a major New York law firm, arranging top-flight legal services and skirting through loopholes for ethically questionable clients. But when a fellow "fixer" decides to turn on the very firm they were hired to clean up for, Clayton finds himself at the center of a conspiratorial maelstrom. Once an ambitious D.A., Clayton is now a shell of his former dynamic self, thanks to a divorce, an unfortunate business venture, and
Oct 12, 2007 Wide
Feb 19, 2008
$49.0M
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (196) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (186) | Rotten (20) | DVD (27)
[A] smoldering corporate thriller.
Confident in the story's power and the moviegoers' intelligence, Gilroy uses only one explosion to own our rapt attention.
A throwback to trim, intelligent moral thrillers like The Verdict and Absence of Malice.
This doesn't begin to deserve the Oscar nominations it's likely to get, but I had a good time with it nonetheless.
Smart and exciting, Michael Clayton takes the audience on a ride whose pleasures almost sneak up on you and are all the more satisfying because of it.
Stop printing the ballots. Don't waste money on those "for your consideration" Oscar ads. There is but one contender for best supporting actor this year, and it is Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton.
There's a lot of skill involved in Michael Clayton and an understated, ambiguous hero that's becoming rare in modern film. Even if under its subtle surface there isn't really much there, the surface is good enough to make it worthwhile.
Michael Clayton is a chilling, intense conspiracy thriller, filled with intriguing characters and great performances.
Equates serious inquiry with inert filmmaking
Clooney's latest venture into panache is thriller style in Michael Clayton.
If I had to sum this movie up with one word, it would be tense.
Grisham for exceptionally bleeding hearts
Smart, mature legal thriller with a conscience.
Michael Clayton definitely has its heart in the '70s.
Un drama en clave de thriller que logra mantener la tensión hasta el final, más allá de que no es nada difícil anticipar cómo va a terminar.
Malo je gledatelja koji od prve ne%u0107e shvatiti tko su u filmu pozitivci a tko negativci.
A killer voice-over by Tom Wilkinson sets the tone for this dramatic thriller, and you're willing to go on the journey even if you don't understand it all the time.
The cast is outstanding, with Clooney giving the strongest performance of his career, which says a lot since he already has an Oscar
...a topflight psychological thriller. (HD DVD and DVD Combo Edition)
[Tony] Gilroy directs with a cool hand and an underplayed sense of drama, letting the words and the performances carry the film.
This brilliantly filmed and written lawyer thriller starts out slow and a bit confusing, not exactly allowing an easy access to the story. One a car blows up and we go four days into the past things start to get much clearer and develop an inescapable undertow, getting more exciting by the minute and delivering a mean
October 3, 2007Super Reviewer
A solid corporate thriller with great performances from Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and George Clooney. If you're at all interested in movies about the shady dealings and ruthlessness of big companies with billions and secrets to protect, you'll probably like this. It took a while for the plot to get going, but
February 29, 2008Super Reviewer
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