The truth can be adjusted.
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
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Character
Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
17 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Empaths.
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“Is George Clooney the best thing in Michael Clayton?”
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“Is this Tony Gilroy's best work?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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Cast
- George ClooneyMichael Clayton
- Tom WilkinsonArthur Edens
- Tilda SwintonKaren Crowder
- Sydney PollackMarty Bach
- Michael O'KeefeBarry Grissom
- Ken HowardDon Jeffries
- Sean CullenGene Clayton
- Merritt WeverAnna
- Austin WilliamsHenry Clayton
- Robert PrescottMr. Verne
Crew
- Tony GilroyDirector
- Tony GilroyWriter
- Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- John GilroyEditor
- Kerry OrentProducer
- Sydney PollackProducer
- Jennifer FoxProducer
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Pairings
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