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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's better than good; it's such a crackling and mature and accomplished movie that it just about restores your faith.
- 90L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThis loving throwback to the paranoid thrillers of the ’70s is a beauty.
- 88Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversDeliberate, demanding and character-driven, Michael Clayton flies in the face of what sells at the multiplex. I couldn't have liked it more.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMichael Clayton is a here’s-how-it-happened drama, cleverly but not over-elaborately structured.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttAs with the Bourne films, Gilroy has a knack for creating strong characters and situations that resonate with tension. It may be formula, but the guy is a solid chemist as he crafts excellent set-ups and payoffs.
- 80The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyIt’s all fascinating. Gilroy is an entertainer.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceGilroy's up to the challenge, as is his uniformly astounding cast--Clooney, especially, as the charmed and charming man stripped of his superpowers, but also Wilkinson and Swinton as the mirror images of each other.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere is an audience out there for slower, more intellectual thrillers. This is a motion picture for them to discover.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinClooney is as good as he has ever been.
- 70VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryFeatures strong performances and a solid story, drawn from the familiar well of faceless corporations grinding ordinary people through their profit-making machinery. Yet Gilroy's fidelity to his script comes at the expense of the pacing.