Michael Clayton

Oh, I loved this movie! I didn't realize while I was watching it how good it is. It kind of hit me all at once. Michael Clayton is a legal thriller, and in some ways predictable. It is just so well done that it transcends what it is. There is this slow, humorlessness to it that, combined with the score, creates a sense of dread, a tension that isn't just regular suspense, but a kind of suspended despair. George Clooney's acting is amazing in it. There is this weighty sadness that he carries around, and his eyes communicate so much at once: rage, dismay, contempt. I could go on. The integrity of all of the acting in this movie, the focus of each performance, is so rare to see. It was really powerful.