Michael Clayton Review by B Movie Ben (5 Stars)

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Starring:
George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Ken Howard, Denis O'Hare, Robert Prescott, Merritt Wever, David Lansbury, Bill Raymond, David Zayas, Skipp Sudduth, Angelo Bonsignore, Brian Coleman, Peggy Friend, Pamela Gray, Amy Hargreaves, Neal Huff, Brian Koppelman, Doug McGrath, Chris McMullin, Stewart Summers, Julie White, Schuster Vance, Steven Weisz, Kevin Cannon, Jack Fitz, Emelie Jeffries, Sarah Nichols, Richard Hecht, Brad Lee Wind, Maggie Siff, Austin Williams, Clem Cheung, Katherine Waterston, Village, Rachel Black, Pun Bandhu, Sean Cullen, Heidi Armbruster, Remy Auberjonois, Hiram Chan, Gregory Dann, Matthew Detmer, Susan Egbert, Sam Gilroy, Timothy Joliat, Christopher Mann, Susan McBrien, Paul Oquist, Terry Serpico, Jason Strong, Kimmy Suzuki, Cathy Diane Tomlin, Alberto Vazquez, Pun Bandhu, Lisamarie Costabile

Directed By:
Tony Gilroy

Written By:
Tony Gilroy

Michael Clayton (2007)

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Movie Review by B Movie Ben

October 15th, 2007

I am Shiva, the god of death.

This is an adult film in every sense of the word. If you are looking
for car chases or flatulace or crude sexal humor, go elsewhere.

The poker games that Michael Clayton George Clooney) take part in are a
means to control a life that appears way out of control.
His investments are bad, his custody of his son is hanging on, and he
really doesn't have much of a life. His job is to fix things for a big
law firm. A janitor, as he describes it, not a moracle worker.

He is called in by the senior partner (Sydney Pollack) to fix a proble
with the firm's big litgator (Tom Wilkinson) who appears to have goon
off the farm. While he is fixing the problem, the firm's client, headed
by Tilda Swinton, is trying to fix things as well, but she hires people
who have no morals. Clayton ends up in the middle, making his life more
of a mess. Back to the poker game, but this time as metaphor for his battle with Swinton. They are both raising the stakes while trying to figure out if the other is bluffing.

Directorial debut for Tony Gilroy, who also wrote the screenplay. He wrote the Bourne screenplays as well.

Remember these names: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson (Shakespeare in Love, The Full Monty), Tilda Swinton (Broken Flowers), and
Sydney Pollack. You will hear them again come awards time; especiallly
the first two. Trust me on that.

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