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Article: 'Michael Clayton' is talky yet taut
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2007
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MICHAEL CLAYTON -- *** -- George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom
Wilkinson; rated R (profanity, drugs, violence, vulgarity)
"Michael Clayton" was written and directed by veteran
screenwriter Tony Gilroy (the "Bourne" movies, among many others),
which may explain why this legal/dramatic thriller considers
dialogue to be a premium.
Yet, despite all the film's plentiful talk, it never feels
overplotted or convoluted ... or really all that talky. In fact,
it's a rather taut, well-plotted and directed feature.
If not for one gaping lapse in logic toward the end, it's almost
perfect. So it's definitely a quality vehicle for the top-notch
cast, which is led by George Clooney.
He stars as the title ...