Protraph Lack of good storyline.

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

mathomas-28053 This is a spectacularly good film about a character very much like Michael Cohen, Trump's lawyer/fixer. I watch it at least once a year, it's that good. I can't help but wonder, as I write in 2018, whether the makers of this film knew about Michael Cohen and decided he would make an interesting character for a movie. Clooney's fixer is getting older, wondering if the dirty dealers who've used him all their lives will now stand beside him in his retirement. He knows where ALL the bodies are buried, so they'll support him. Right? And of course, their betrayal of him is a surprise to no one except him, very much like Trump and Cohen. That is not a spoiler, because in the very first half-hour of the movie Clayton is nearly killed by a car bomb , which opens up the narrative question "What's going on here?" and "Who exactly wants him dead?" Questions Michael Cohen (are the similar names a coincidence?) may well be asking as he prepares to flip on Trump and testify in the polonium-filled atmosphere of today's Washington-Moscow connection.

Davis P Michael Clayton (2007) is a real piece of art, it hits every note spot on. There are certain things that I look for in a film, things i believe they must have in order for it to be a success. I look for correct casting, quality performances by the members of the cast, good script, and a satisfactory filmmaking style that fits that specific film. I can say with confidence that Michael Clayton fits the bill on every single thing I mentioned. Clooney gives a good performance as he always does, as does the ever talented Tilda Swinton (this was her Academy Award win). If you ask me, Tom Wilkinson comes out on top here as far as acting goes. He gives a fierce passionate performance. Wilkinson is a fantastic actor and he absolutely nails it here as a very crucial character in the plot. The script moves everything along at a fairly good pace, not too slow, and not fast either. I liked the pace and thought the runtime of two hours suited it well. towards the end things kinda speed it up, in an appropriate way, because everything is coming to a point. I loved the way they chose to end the film. It was raw and very dramatic, made for a grand finale to an exciting well done piece of art. 9/10 for Michael Clayton.

Tweekums Michael Clayton is a fixer at a major New York law firm; in the opening scenes we see him receive a phone call asking him to help deal with a client involved in a hit-and-run case. Shortly after meeting the man he is driving along and stops to stretch his legs and admire some horses… it is lucky that he did as his car explodes! We then jump back four days. His firm is representing a major agricultural supply company that is being sued in a class action case because one of its products was carcinogenic… Arthur Edens, the senior lawyer in charge of the case, had a manic episode while talking to one of the claimants and got undressed! Michael brings Arthur back to New York; Arthur is rambling about the firm being on the wrong side; there is evidence that the company knew their product was dangerous and did nothing to stop it. With a potential multi-billion dollar pay-out being sought the company is prepared to do just about anything so Arthur and Michael are soon in real danger.This is an impressive thriller; the introduction nicely makes us think the film will be about a slightly sleazy lawyer trying to get a wealthy client off a hit and run case before showing him telling the man that he isn't the person for the job; perhaps he isn't so sleazy; then the explosion makes one wonder just what he is caught up in… by now I was gripped. The main story of a corporation that puts profit before people may not be the most original but that doesn't matter it provides a good reason to give us a gripping story. The subplot involving money Clayton owed did feel a little superfluous but it could be argued that it made him slightly more open to corruption; something that matters towards the end. Tension is fairly high throughout; once we've seen the explosion we know that there are very dangerous people involved. The cast does a fine job; George Clooney is on great form as the eponymous Michael Clayton and Tilda Swinton is solid as the general counsel of the agricultural company. The rest of the cast are pretty good too. Overall this is a solid thriller for those wanting tension without shootouts and frequent explosions.

Leftbanker This is one of the most intelligent thrillers you are ever going to see on film. Michael Clayton is one of my favorite films of all time. The line-up of all star actors should make this movie a clinic for anyone even thinking about acting. The writing is so precise that even the off-hand dialogue is remarkable. Just listen to the phone conversations and the comments people make to off screen characters.I can guarantee that you won't find a thriller with such a well developed protagonist as this movie and the director does it by saying so little. We have the briefest glimpse of Michael's relationship to his family yet it says a lot about him. The same is true of the bond between he and his boss played by Sydney Pollack who is at least as good of an actor as he was a director, and he was a great director. He is fabulous in this film.Tom Wilkinson really landed on my radar with the role he has here. I'm sure that I'd seen him before but I never paid much attention to actors' names.The story is told in jerky cutbacks. I've now seen the movie so many times that I can't remember how this affected me on the first viewing. Now that I just saw it for the umpteenth time I think that the storyline is brilliant.There are so many iconic and memorable scenes in Michael Clayton it's almost impossible to list them all without just going from beginning to end and writing them all down. The card game scene is creepy and you just know that this sort of sordid action really happens in NY. The part where Michael goes to the rich a-hole's house about the hit and run is riveting.The ultra-creepy corporate snuff squad that is called in to fix the problem was, for me, one of the most compelling aspects of the movie, and that's saying a lot because I loved so many things.The ending is so electrifying and satisfying that it's hard for me to think of another movie that rates this high on endings. Breaking Bad takes the cake in this department but Michael Clayton is right up there.