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Rating: 8 stars

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Seen on: 04/13/2009

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Michael Clayton (2007)

Directed by Tony Gilroy

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

A law firm brings in its “fixer” to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

Rated R | Length 119 minutes

Actors

Tom Wilkinson | George Clooney | Sydney Pollack | Terry Serpico | Tilda Swinton | Clem Cheung | Bill Raymond | Brian Koppelman | Thomas McCarthy | Ken Howard | Tony Gilroy | David Zayas | Julie White | Merritt Wever | Douglas McGrath | Michael O'Keefe | Robert Prescott | Frank Wood | Neal Huff | Maggie Siff | Katherine Waterston | Austin Williams | Rachel Black | David Lansbury | Denis O'Hare | Jennifer Van Dyck | Heidi Armbruster | Amy Hargreaves | Sean Cullen | Michael Countryman | Sharon Washington | Christopher Mann | Kevin Hagan | Julia Gibson | Alberto Vazquez | Remy Auberjonois | Danielle Skraastad | Sam Gilroy | Kevin Cannon | Brian Poteat | Susan Egbert | Cynthia Mace | Jordan Lage | Pamela Gray | John Douglas Thompson | Jonathan Walker | Sarah Nichols | Gregory Dann | Steven Weisz | Pun Bandhu | Paul Juhn | Susan Pellegrino | Edward Furs | Angelo Bonsignore | Cathy Diane Tomlin | Patrick Askin | Susan McBrien | Richard Hecht | Josh Mowery | Kimmy Suzuki | Emelie Jeffries | Wai Chan | Matthew Detmer | John Gerard Franklin | Jason Strong | Paul Oquist | Andrew Hunter Sherman

Viewing Notes

A not so recent Smodcast where Kevin Smith waxes poetic about Michael Clayton put this film back on my radar however it was Duncan Jones tweet the other day that reminded me of this necessary watch. So I savored the “M” day when I knew I would finally take in this excellent movie. Clooney, Wilkinson, Swinton all so good with a killer ending.

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