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Michael Clayton (2007)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   A- Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Ty Burr "Steadily paced, occasionally lumbering, the movie's for grown-ups willing to settle in and sift the complex chess moves of legal and personal feint and counterfeint." more... A- Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "George Clooney brings a slick, ruthless force to the title role of Michael Clayton..." more... A   Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips "...one of the most satisfying films of the year..." more... A- E! Online Alex Markerson "...high-powered legal thriller..." more... A   Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman "It's better than good; it's such a crackling and mature and accomplished movie that it just about restores your faith." more... A   filmcritic.com Sean O'Connell "...a gripping and complicated thriller..." more... A- Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "Engrossing legal melodrama gives a big-name cast chewy roles." more... A- Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan "...a smart and suspenseful legal thriller that comes completely alive on-screen." more... A- New York Post Lou Lumenick "...a sharply written, twisty legal thriller..." more... A- New York Times Manohla Dargis "It¿s a story about ethics and their absence, a slow-to-boil requiem for American decency..." more... B+ ReelViews James Berardinelli "The film is well acted. George Clooney drops the cocky, self-assured persona of Danny Ocean to present a troubled, conflicted façade." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "Deliberate, demanding and character-driven..." more... A- San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "The film, a moody suspense drama, has a slow build and a strong payoff, but Clooney is the element that holds it together..." more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold "...a spellbinding action-drama, skillfully built upon a scary corporate conspiracy, chock-full of enjoyable downbeat performances." more... B+ USA Today Claudia Puig "It's a rare film that can challenge our minds and rattle our nerves so profoundly." more... A   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)