Michael Clayton(2007)- User Reviews

Listen to all the people who say they can't understand the critics on this one. Usually I at least get where they are coming from, even if I disagree. Not this time. This film left me wondering, "Did they watch the same movie?"

Still, …more»

The movie had some very interesting parts. The only problem was that in between, it was incredibly slow and boring.more»

Slow-paced, predictable, and self-important (at least to Clooney, obviously). Who produced this thing, anyway, enabling his obvious ego-driven scenes and anti-corporation blather? Oh, wait, HE was executive producer ... Nice to see that most of the movie-going …more»

George Clooney is gay and this movie sucks. Don't wast your time or money. I would rather look at Lifetime movies for 12 hours than to sit through this again.more»

If you can stand the first 1 hour 40 minutes, that last 5 are interesting.

Maybe I dozed off and missed something important to the story line, but I felt it was hard to stay focused. If I had rented this movie I would have turned it off after about …more»

Too slow moving for me. While I understood the story had to be slow, the awesome final scenes didn't make up for the yawning I did before it.more»

Maybe it's just me, but I was bored with this movie. Hadn't I seen this before, that is, the greedy power players willing to make a buck even if it means lives will be lost? Well, I nodded off to sleep a couple of times waiting for surprises …more»

With superb performances and strong intensity, Michael Clayton is a film that does not dissapoint, it really makes you think.more»

There's a good story in this film but it got stretched paper thin. 4 days were covered by the story and it felt like a month.more»

This movie reminded me of another Clooney flick--Syriana. A bunch of people living and working in a system that contributes to death and destruction, and who end up taking up different positions. Some die, some survive, some accommodate it, and others …more»