Michael Clayton [Blu-ray]

Michael Clayton [Blu-ray]
by Tony Gilroy

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Actor: George Clooney, Michael O'Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Tony Gilroy
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: George Clooney
Writer: Tony Gilroy
Producer: Anthony Minghella
Producer: Christopher Goode
Producer: James A. Holt
Producer: Jennifer Fox
Producer: Kerry Orent
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-19
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of Michael Clayton [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Good thriller
Summary: 4 Stars

Well told thriller about corporate lawyers and what they do to protect their clients. George Clooney plays a guy you kind of root for, even though he's doing the devil's work, just because he does it so well and so smooth. Even he doesn't like what he does, but he knows that this is his place in life. Until, of course, events occur that make him re-assess himself, and he struggles with the answers. Well acted, and really well directed.

DVD Review: "OH WOW''!
Summary: 5 Stars

"lOVE THIS MOVIE " WATCH IT OVER AND OVER ON MY DVD PLAYER EVEN DURING
THE NITE, USING MY EARPHONES OF COURSE!!!!! TOM WILKERSON'S PERFORMANCE
IS BEYOND PERFECTION. I NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING HIS PERFORMANCE.....
TRULY AMAZING.......GEORGE CLOONEY LOOKS GREAT IN A SUIT. THIS ROLE WAS
TAILOR MADE FOR HIM, THE MISTER "fix it" FOR A PRESTIGIOUS LAW FIRM. A
PERFECT FIT. TILDA SWINTON THE FEMALE VEXON WAS THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT
CHARACTER YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LENGHTS SHE WOULD GO TO NEXT TO KEEP
HER CORPORATE STATUS SHE JUSTS BUILDS THE SUSPENCE THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE.
KUDOS!... TO TONY GILROY. P.S. HOW ABOUT A SEQUEL????????? I'M UP FOR
IT. (WIDE SCREEN EDITION DVD FABULOUS)

DVD Review: Wake me when its over Zzzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzz....
Summary: 1 Stars

Zzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....... Next please.... whoever gives this movie 4-5 stars is obviously getting paid to do so!!!

avoid this like swine flu

DVD Review: Searching for Grace
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a story of Michale Clayton (George Clooney) a legal "janitor" who suffers a crisis of conscience when a manic-depressive friend and lawyer, Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), does the same. While the plot is a typical corporate thriller which banks in occasionally on the audience's suspension of disbelief, it is far more realistic and well crafted than most films of its genre.

George Clooney gives an intense performance, perhaps the best of his I've seen, as the titular Michael Clayton. His boyish, aging face conveys both competence and weariness. He is especially convincing in the miraculous, quiet moments of grace which occur both in a field and a taxi. As Arthur, Tom Wilkinson's English accent occasionally slips through. This does not prevent his portrayal as a passionate, intelligent man searching for morality, high on a chemical imbalance, from resonating. Tilda Swinton as executive Karen Crowder seems perhaps too calculated, but because Karen's intimate moments may be as fake as the calm face she presents to the world, Swinton's acting works perfectly. Acting is believable all around, including Denis O'Hare as a panicked, aggressive client and Sydney Pollack as Michael's efficient, realist boss.

Robert Elswit cinematography is fantastically dark, subtle, and poetic. James Newton Howard's score is also touching, involving throbbing beats and lovely moments of clarity. Tony Gilroy's script is a little overly symbolic, but otherwise incredible. The corporate and legal worlds, Arthur's manic depression, and Michael's psychology and relation with his son are deeply authentic.

This film is engrossing but not full of blockbuster trademarks. It also does not say anything original about the sins of the city, major corporations, and law firms, but what it does say it does in a novel manner. It is a tale of banal evil and redemption, a very common, but a very necessary, message indeed.

DVD Review: brooding morality tale
Summary: 5 Stars

George Clooney plays Michael Clayton, a washed-up lawyer who has taken on the role in his firm of "fixer" or "bagman" -- the guy who clears up all the messes. It's a fine, understated performance at the center of this intelligent thriller.
"Clayton" follows in the tradition of "Erin Brockovitch" and "A Civil Action" in which the protagonist has to expose a cynical, evil corporation poisoning people and the environment. The difference is that Clayton is a very reluctant crusader who only springs into action when a colleague mysteriously commits suicide -- or so we're supposed to think.
Clooney plays the best kind of hero, the kind that redeems a failed life and career by doing the right thing. Tilda Swinton also delivers a fine performance as the general counsel of the aforementioned corporation. Tom Wilkinson is perfect as a lawyer cracking up.
The tension builds slowly until the final 20 minutes when everything comes together. I found it completely absorbing.

Description of Michael Clayton [Blu-ray]

Attorney Michael Clayton is a "fixer," the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But now he's handed a crisis even he may not be able to fix. The firm's top litigator in a $3-billion case has gone from advocate to whistleblower. And the more Michael tries to undo the damage, the more he's up against forces that put corporate survival over human life - including Michael's. George Clooney portrays Michael, backed into a career corner that offers little room to fight free in this suspense- and star-packed thriller written and directed by Tony Gilroy (writer/co-writer of the Bourne movie trilogy). Keep your eyes on Michael Clayton. He has some life-or- death decisions to make. Fast.

George Clooney's performance drives this tense corporate thriller from Bourne trilogy screenwriter James Gilroy, who makes his directorial debut here. Clooney is the eponymous "hero," a burnt-out lawyer who cleans up legal messes created by the clients of a large law firm. When a crisis materializes in the form of the firm's top shark (Tom Wilkinson) suffering an apparent meltdown while defending a shady chemical company from lawsuits, Clayton discovers not only a cover-up to deny payments to farmers injured by the company's products, but a chance to find some purpose in the face of his life's downward. Clooney (who also co-produced the film) brings soul and quiet determination to his beleaguered character, and there's excellent support from Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack (also a co-producer), and Michael O'Keefe; Gilroy's script also does a solid job of stacking the deck against Clayton as he attempts to ferret out the truth behind the cover-up. Unfortunately, the film settles for a pat conclusion that, while emotionally satisfying, feels forced and delivers an overly simplistic message (corporations can be bad; morally questionable work can make one feel dirty). And Tilda Swinton is wasted in a thankless role as the chemical company's nerve-wracked and unsympathetic legal counsel. Still, Clooney fans will appreciate this fine addition to his growing roster of flawed heroes. -- Paul Gaita

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