Pro Say Movie Club - Michael Clayton

Some elite lawyers are miracle workers. Others are janitors. Michael Clayton, the eponymous main character of our Pro Say Movie Club pick this week, is the latter. Clayton, played by George Clooney, is a so-called fixer at a prestigious Manhattan law firm who is thrust into crisis after his boss and mentor has a mental breakdown while defending the producer of a deadly weed killer. As the sinister client attempts to contain the problem, Clayton is forced to confront not only an ugly conspiracy, but also his own moral compromises. We explore that seedy underbelly of corporate litigation and the daily grind of a BigLaw life that values the billable hour above all else on this week’s episode.