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Marko

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May 1, 2006
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Michael Clayton (Clooney) handles all of the dirty work for a major New York law firm: Arranging top-flight legal services and skirting through loopholes for ethically questionable clients. But when a fellow "fixer" decides to turn on the very firm they were hired to clean up for, Clayton finds himself at the center of a conspiratorial maelstrom. Once an ambitious D.A., Clayton is now a shell of his former dynamic self, thanks to a divorce, an unfortunate business venture, and astronomical debt. Though he longs to leave the cutthroat, ethically dubious world of corporate law behind, Clayton's poor financial situation and devotion to firm head Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack) leave him little choice but to remain on the job and tough it out. Meanwhile, litigator Karen Crowder (Swinton) finds her entire company's future hinging on the outcome of a multi-billion dollar settlement overseen by Clayton's friend, star lawyer Arther Edens (Tom Wilkinson). When Edens snaps and decides to blow the whistle on the questionable case, sabotaging the defense, Clayton must decide between his loyalty and his conscience.
 

Martin

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Dec 31, 2000
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The Jackal.


Disappointing, the story was laid out to you from the first half hour, far too obvious for my liking
It is a bit like a modern version of The Day of the Jackal, which was an excellent novel by Frederick Forsyth. Unfortunately, make a movie of it (1973) and you lose so many details and nuances that all you have left is the contours of the original story.
 

Fred

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Oct 2, 2003
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It is a bit like a modern version of The Day of the Jackal, which was an excellent novel by Frederick Forsyth. Unfortunately, make a movie of it (1973) and you lose so many details and nuances that all you have left is the contours of the original story.
Yes i'm aware of that, i was actually going to get the book, needless to say though the movie gave me enough reason not to.
 
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