Michael Clayton (2007) 8/10

Starring : George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack
Director : Tony Gilroy
Running Time : 120 mins

Unambitious lawyer Michael Clayton (George) finds himself caught up in a conspiracy when his friend Arthur Edens (Wilkinson) has a seeming nervous breakdown, insisting that the agrochemical company his law firm has been representing are in fact guilty of the crimes they've been accused off and are responsible for thousands of deaths.

This starts off slowly, and at a very strange choice of position in the movie. This could have worked just as well if it was purely linear, rather than taking a roundabout route to get to the same point. Wilkinson is definitely the key actor to watch in this movie, and his plays his role beautifully, with Swinton putting in a suitable performance throughout, but Clooney is actually unnusually understated in the lead role.

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