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Michael Clayton
2007
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1874
- IMDb #1679
- Google retired #1214
- Rotten Tomatoes #1657
- Metacritic #729
- Letterboxd #1017
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1007
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2639
- Metacritic Critics #560
- Metacritic Audience #1379
- Criticker #1033
- Douban #1683
- Kinopoisk #3441
- AlloCiné #4416
- Trakt #2103
Every rating
50–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 50, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90. Critics average 86, everyone else 70.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A "fixer" at a powerful corporate law firm, who cleans up the messy situations of wealthy clients, is called in to handle a crisis. The firm's top litigator has a mental breakdown during a high-stakes class-action lawsuit. As he manages the fallout, he uncovers a dangerous conspiracy of corruption and murder that implicates the very client he is supposed to protect, forcing him to confront his own moral compromises.
Details
- Director
- Tony Gilroy
- Writer
- Tony Gilroy
- Released
- 28 September 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $93.0M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 35 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (67) →
Awards & nominations
See all 46 →2 major awards won · 11 wins from 46 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Director | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Supporting Actor | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Picture | Sydney Pollack, Steven Samuels, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Original Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2007 | Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Director | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | James Newton Howard | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Sydney Pollack, Steven Samuels, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Editing | John Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
3 nominations
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Tilda Swinton | Nominee |
| Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
Venice Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Lion | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
Satellite Award
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor – Drama | Tom Wilkinson | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Drama | Tilda Swinton | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
Edgar Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Motion Picture Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
London Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best British Actor of the year | Tom Wilkinson | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Winner |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association
7 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Director | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Nominee |
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | George Clooney | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Screenplay | Tony Gilroy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tilda Swinton | Nominee |
London Film Critics' Circle
3 nominations
| Actor of the Year | George Clooney | Nominee |
| British Actor of the Year | Tom Wilkinson | Nominee |
| British Supporting Actress of the Year | Tilda Swinton | Nominee |