WARNING! SPOILERS!
If you're looking for an intelligent, sharp, edgy thriller about big corporations, law firms and the little people, then this is the film for you. If that's not your cup of tea...well, then, obviously...yeah.
George Clooney is the title character, a "fixer" or "janitor", hired to clean up the mess when one of the most infamous lawyers around (Tom Wilkinson) goes off his medication and puts an important law suit into jeopardy. At first Clayton thinks the same as anyone else: that his friend and mentor is just feeling the after-effects of his condition. But when the man later turns up dead in slightly suspicious circumstances, Clayton realises there's a lot more to the case then meets the eye...
At first the plot moved a little too quick for me. You've got to give the film your entire concentration, otherwise you'll be lost very easily in all the fast-talking dialogue. However, I soon got back on track and thoroughly enjoyed the remainder of the film. Clooney is in his usual fine form, a perfect straight man to the wonderful wild acting of Wilkinson and the nervous twitching of Tilda Swinton's character, who is more involved in everything then she would like to be. However, one cannot help feeling that we do not see enough of her character. And there is a very good hangdog performance by the late great Sydney Pollock, who was also one of the producers on the film.
The script is tight as the plot thickens throughout, throwing a mini-twist that, though perhaps slightly predictable, does not make it any less satisfying. Overall, a perfectly fine intelligent picture, though you do need to give it your full attention to give it credit.
7/10
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