Michael Clayton ~~~~

Since I've been slacking off for the last month or so, I thought I'd update the last few cinema reviews in a more minimal manner. So here goes...

'Michael Clayton' - gripping, tense, beautifully filmed with solid performances. Clooney rocks, Swinton sweats and Wilkinson goes loopy... or does he? Really enjoyable 'grown up' thriller without as much 'thrill' as I'd have liked. A great insight into the shady world of law firm fixers, those who are asked to do anything to get their clients off the hook. Clooney is a man coming to terms with what he really does in life and whilst doing so becomes embroiled in what seems to be his biggest and hardest case. Wilkinson, another lawyer, has been keeping secrets whilst working on one of the biggest, and potentially most destructive cases for a huge company who may or may not have been killing innocent people. But who will come out on top? If Swinton's determined lawyer batting for the other side has anything to do with it, she will.

Unfortunately, due to a huge coughing fit in the cinema, I missed one of the most important and graphic parts of the film. Bugger. That said, for anyone who likes well-made, thoughtful and insightful political thrillers (with a little mystical horse bonding on the side) please see this. It won't disappoint.