I saw a movie today that sitting back to write about is a little different to describe. It was Michael Clayton with George Clooney in the lead role.
The story is set again the backdrop of a giant company being sued for one of its products, a pesticide, that is highly effective at killing people and has found itself in a lawsuit for the cancer and death that followed for three billion. Six years in the lead layer defending the company goes off his medication and turns in to a morally conflicted lunatic who wants to cross sides to help. In steps the law firms “fixer” to make sense of things and to carry out damage control. Meanwhile the Company’s in house chief counsel finds herself out of her depth and while scrambling for a settlement, also opts for some more direct action.
I won’t spoil the ending but while there are some good performances it failed to grab me. The ending in particular was a little ho hum and while it was enjoyable enough, its not something i would rush to see again. And it also raised some issues for me as Clayton was meant to be such a genius fixer why did he have gambling issues, bad business with one of his brothers and money issues. In short he was supposed to be great fixer but couldn’t fix anything in his own life
2 Comments Received
February 6th, 2008 @10:10 am
Sure wish I’d read your comment before seeing the movie — it would have helped to better understand the movie. Don’t know if it’s my age, lack of clarity in movie production, or a combination of both,but I, with 20 years of legal experience, somewhat had difficulty following the story. In the future, we will read preview stories before seeing movies.
March 11th, 2008 @1:11 am
Just saw the movie. It’s not one that you can just ease into and because I was somewhat distracted in the beginning….had trouble getting my ducks in a row. What was happening and who were the bad guys? I liked it even though I’m not sure I fully appreciated what the director was trying to convey.