Damn! A must-see. One of the best of the year (My tops of the year list is now Sunshine, Michael Clayton and The Lookout).
Clooney is just amazing in it. He really is. A very layered, incredible performance. He lays it all out there. Tilda Swinton is as good as always. Tom Wilkinson and Sidney Pollack rock out in their supporting parts.
Tony Gilroy's writing and directing are so perfect, it blew me away. Not a scene is wasted.
One of my faves was the sequence at a birthday party (at Clayton's childhood home), including the scene with his son in the car afterwards. Any scene with Clayton and his brothers were perfectly done. Gilroy knows mood & tone, and he pulls it all off. Brilliant.
And there is a scene about mid-way through that will rock you. It was so creepy, so freaking disturbing, it easily blows away any junk-gore torture porn bullshit you'll see in Hostel or Saw 9: Buzzsaw!
Check it out.
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This one is definitely on my list to see next.
Did you see Hot Fuzz? I think that is probably my favorite films of the year, at least my favorite comedy. And Once - did you see Once?
I plan on checking out Fuzz & Once. I've got a ton of stuff to catch up on.
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