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Michael Clayton 2 of 5 Stars
Released: October 2007
Runtime: 119 minutes
Rated: R (language)

With so much hype around Michael Clayton and George Clooney’s performance here I was expecting so much more. Unfortunately the movie never actually delivers anything until last the five minutes and that simply is not worth the other 114 minutes that you need to sit through.

As the “fixer” for a high-powered law firm in New York, Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is tasked with helping both the firm and clients resolve certain problems or indiscretions. To help us understand what it means to be the “fixer”, Clayton is called upon early in the movie to help a client deal with a potential hit and run. But this hit and run case is incidental to the actual story and is only used to demonstrate Clayton’s role at Kenner, Back and Odeen.

It is only when one of the firm’s senior partners, Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson) has a nervous breakdown during a disposition in a multi-million dollar class-action lawsuit that the real story begins. Clayton is called upon to help smooth things over between the firm and their client in this particular case but as Clayton gets deeper into the case himself he discovers that perhaps Edens had a good reason for the breakdown. Add to the pressure of finding the truth in this case, Clayton must also deal with his own gambling problem, failed business, loan sharks and a host of other calamities that suggest Clayton is the one that ultimately should have had the breakdown.

Tom Wilkinson and George Clooney star in Michael Clayton
Tom Wilkinson and George Clooney star in Michael Clayton

The biggest problem with Michael Clayton though is the lack of focus on what the movie is really about. Is it a conspiracy thriller or a rather gloomy John Grisham novel? Or given the subject matter, perhaps even the Erin Brockovitch for a new generation? It is not surprising given the subject matter that comparisons are made to Erin Brockovitch. Bottom line - Erin does it much better than Michael in the story department but as mentioned some terrific acting simply cannot save the film.

Despite the problem with the unfocused story, there are some good performances here by Tilda Swinton (for which she ultimately won an Oscar), Tom Wilkinson who gives us a single speech worthy of William Holden’s in Network and even George Clooney and Sydney Pollack does a fine job despite the movie’s problems (both Wilkinson and Clooney were also nominated for Oscars). But for me, even these fine performances can’t save the overall movie which seemed to move along laboriously to the point where the bad guys ultimately get caught and justice prevails.

Interestingly, despite making the top-ten lists for dozens of critics and a slew of nominations, the movie never did so well at the box office. Warner Bros actually decided to re-release
Michael Clayton in early 2008 to help boost the domestic box office and other than the single win for Tilda Swinton at the Oscars, Michael Clayton failed to win any other statuettes or even Golden Globes despite several nominations including best picture and best director.

We say rent Redford and Dunaway in Three Days of the Condor instead. Hmm, wasn’t that one directed by Sydney Pollack? A coincidence or is there more to it than meets the eye…?

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