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Created Mar 01, 2008 12:43AM PST • Edited Mar 01, 2008 12:43AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   Although Clooney and Cast provided believable personas in this complex film, it was a bit too complex to keep me as rivited as much as I expect from a top notch thriller. Call me plebian, but I’d prefer to have seen more straight forward fix-it scenarios and action than the deep-ish twisting plot that needed to be followed closely. To be sure, the movie was enjoyable — and worth viewing — just don’t expect to be blown away (as Michael almost was) by this film.

4. Acting

   Great 4.0

   I thought Clooney did great as Clayton — facing a myriad of issues in his life — both personal and professional. As a person in my mid-40’s, I identified with the internal struggle that he portrayed — stuck in between the rock of a stressful job and the hard-place of needing that job to take care of business. Of course, Clayton does me one better – he has to deal with daily moral dilemas as a fixer of messy situations.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Great 4.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.5

17. Sex Titillating 2.5

18. Violence Fierce 2.5

19. Rudeness Salty 2.5

21. Reality

    Surreal 2.1

22. Circumstantial Surreal 2.1

23. Biological Surreal 2.1

24. Physical Surreal 2.1