Movie Review: Michael Clayton
I saw Michael Clayton Saturday and highly recommend it. Akin to the role of Victor the Cleaner in Le Femme Nikita, George Clooney plays Michael Clayton, his law firm’s “fixer” — deftly applying his law enforcement background, legal experience and people skills towards solving the most difficult and delicate of problems for the elite clients of his New York law firm. Had I known such a job existed, I might have stuck with my own legal career and aspired towards it.
Over the course of a few days in which his personal family and financial problems converge with a crisis for his firm, Clayton gets to the bottom of an enigma while wrestling with his conscience over moral dilemmas.
I had no knowledge of the movie nor expectations going into it and was captivated from the outset. It gets 90% fresh tomatoes on Rotten Tomatoes. Go see it!
