I watched Michael Clayton this evening and I gotta say, what a helluva character piece. George Clooney got a lot of accolades for this flick, and with very good reason. That said, the real star was Tom Wilkinson.
I know, I know, Mr. Wilkinson was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, but the man's performance blew me away. He plays Arthur Edens, a New York Defense Attorney defending a monstrous, Times Square-advertising conglomerate that's been poisoning Middle America since the early 1990s. Edens is a manic depressive who stops taking his meds. Between succumbing to his own demons and seeing the innocence in a teenage plaintiff, Arthur Edens has a revelation: He's a glorified janitor for the bad guys. Mr. Wilkinson's performance is both subtle and brazen. At one moment, he's babbling about the best bread he's ever had and the next he's a shark quoting New York State law. Stellar stuff, definitely worth watching!
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