Rating of
4/4
Not your typical whistleblower movie
patjohnson76 - wrote on 01/27/08
One of the most engrossing movies of the past year, Michael Clayton is the story of Clayton (Clooney), a lawyer who serves as a "fixer" for a firm involved in a huge class action lawsuit. When one of his colleagues Arthur (Wilkinson) goes bonkers in a deposition, Clayton is sent to fix the damage. Upon further investigation, Clooney learns that Arthur was actually building a case against his client for the plantiffs, and the information he has is absolutely damaging. Swinton plays the lead counsel for the corporation who takes matters into her own hands when she learns of the damaging information.
The movie shows how Clayton learns of all of this and tries to catch up and set things right. The performances are great all around and the film builds to an extremely satisfying conclusion.
