In fact Wilkinson does create a fairly interesting performance as the more than slightly off lawyer. I think there is always an indication that yes he is indeed imbalanced even when he has calmed down, but I would say Wilkinson shows that his big crazy scenes are indeed a bit theatrical on purpose, as stated as before, but that is not to say he is not crazy, he just overdoes it to be taken notice of.
Wilkinson is constantly sort of showboating though with his performance, that constantly does brings attention to himself. Wilkinson is able to do this showboating without going too over the top while still being fairly interesting and entertaining as well. He manages to find a good enough balance between his louder, and quieter scenes to make it so Arthur Edens can be believed.
Tom Wilkinson's performance though is a rather short one really, and his character does not amount to a great deal in the end. He is really crazy, not so crazy, but always the moral center of the film. This is not really Wilkinson's fault since Edens in the end is mostly a plot device. Wilkinson is effective enough with the various phases of the character, but his performance never becomes quite amazing due to the limitations of the character.
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He's quite loud here, best way to describe what I think of him.
I thought he was brilliant. he'd probably be my second choice after Bardem.
Nothing special really and ifeel Clooney owns the breadsticks in the street scene.
He's be my #3. He was the saving grace in an otherwise boring-as-hell, unfocused film. I normally like Clooney, contrary to most of the other people on this blog, and I even loved him Up in the Air, though I only thought he was average in Syriana and The Descendants, but he was absolutely dreadful in Michael Clayton. I will admit that he has a relatively small acting range, however. The movie was just plain boring and bad. It's only good scenes were those with Tom Wilkinson doing his crazy man routine.
Well I do think he is the best part of the film, but I agree with you about the film entirely.
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