Michael Clayton (DVD)

Dirty Sexy Money 'Michael Clayton' is this year's big award night, token medium budget movie with a conscious... "The Intelligent Thriller", the one that garners momentum because it has enjoyed sharp lobbying with all the right backing and casting to get it noticed, but a very average movie under the glitzy wrapping paper. The Academy wants something that looks and feels thoughtful and challenging in the mix to show their liberal side and Michael Clayton ticks all the right boxes. In truth the viewers are victim to an old Hollywood trick here where the director and cast make the audience think they are cleverer than they are because they have ...

(Review is reproduced from ShaunMunro.co.uk, cheers!) Director: Tony Gilroy Cast: George Clooney, Sydney Pollack, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson Release Date: September 28th, 2007 (UK), October 5th, 2007 [limited] (US) Certificate: R (US), 15 (UK) NOTE: Michael Clayton was the recipient of one Oscar last night at the Academy Awards; Tilda Swinton won for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role". In recent years, Tony Gilroy has become something of a virtuoso in writing slick, intense, and foremost, smart thrillers. The advertising for his latest outing, "Michael Clayton", tells us "the truth can be ...

I had heard a lot recently and a few months ago at the Oscars about George Clooney's latest film, Michael Clayton, but nothing about the actual plot of the film itself. Someone had mentioned something about Shiva, another about law corruption, and another about plot twists. Great, I thought, so it's going to be like a John Grisham adaptation with a healthy mix of Al Pacino from The Devil's Advocate thrown in, right? Wrong! Read on..... The Plot The film opens with a voiceover from Tom Wilkinson's character Arthur Edens, meeting with Michael following Edens' apparent mental breakdown. Then we see a poker game, from which Clayton leaves to 'fix' a ...