Michael Clayton, 2007, George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson
Michael Clayton is a drama film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, co-produced by George Clooney, and starring Clooney, Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton. It chronicles the attempts of attorney Michael Clayton to cope with a colleague's apparent mental breakdown and corruption within his law firm.
The film premiered August 31, 2007 at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2007. It opened in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2007. The film opened in limited release in the United States on October 5, 2007 and opened in wide release in the U.S. on October 12, 2007.
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 140 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 82 out of 100, based on 30 reviews.
Cast
* George Clooney - Michael Clayton
* Tom Wilkinson - Arthur Edens
* Tilda Swinton - Karen Crowder
* Sydney Pollack - Marty Bach
