‘Michael Clayton’ makes the list of The new Canon - the best films of the 2000s

‘Michael Clayton’ makes Ann Hornaday’s (film critic for ‘The Washington Post’) 
list of the best films of the early 2000s.  

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I still think this was by far George’s best performance to date.  Love this film!!

What an amazing movie: the horse scene is the first thing that comes to my mind, when I think about the film.

Great !!!

I'd love this movie even if George wasn't in it - but I'm awfully glad he is because I think, next to "Up In the Air", this is his best performance. Everything about it is perfect!

Did anybody know that this role was originally offered to Denzel Washington? How did I miss that? Washington turned it down, even though it was the best script he'd read in a long time, because he didn't want to work with a first-time director. And he regrets the decision.

Seriously??? Wow! I never knew that. I bet he does regret it. He'd have been great in the part...but I'm still glad George got it   .

Crazy, right? George's best role (IMO), and he was the backup choice.

Now that George absolutely killed it, I can't imagine anybody else in it. Not even Washington.

I'm trying to picture someone else in the role...anyone else...NOPE! Doesn't work. Same goes for all the principal parts. I think this movie was perfectly cast.