Michael Clayton - George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack (May 25, 2008)
This movie begins at the end, then takes the viewer back 4 days so that we find out how the characters made their way there. It's a gripping ride and never lets up. This film assumes that the people watching it have are intelligent and able to follow a plot that isn't spoonfed to them.
Who is Michael Clayton? In his own words, he's a janitor. He cleans up legal messes that other lawyers are afraid to touch. However, this time he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Michael is in debt to a loan shark, there's a merger happening at the law firm he works at so he could be out of a job, and his friend had a meltdown at a deposition. Michael Clayton tries to minimalize the damage, but is thwarted at every turn by his friend and another party.
This was a great, very enjoyable movie. I was never bored, and never managed to outguess the characters. A movie for adults like this doesn't come along very often. See it if it interests you.
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