From a village extra
in a 1978 miniseries to one of the most recognizable and talented dapper faces
in the business, Lord George Ocean's Gravity, Marquis of Hollywood or George
Clooney, has become a jack-of-all-trades within the industry, taking on multiple functions and winning a multitude
of laurels for his achievements in acting, producing, writing, and directing.
Scores
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 79%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 75%
Metacritic: 67
IMDB:
7.1/10
Cinemascore:
C
Movie Info
Year: 2002
Director: George Clooney
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, Michael Cera, Dick
Clark, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Hall, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Rutger
Hauer, Richard Kind.
Synopsis: Chuck Barris is
best known to most Americans as the guy who used to host The Gong Show. He was
also the creator and producer of The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, and a
handful of other successful game shows in the 1960s and 1970s. But was he also a
hired killer working with the CIA? That's the take-it-or-leave-it premise of
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, based on the memoir of the same name by Chuck
Barris. Barris (Rockwell) grows up dreaming of success in show biz and
winning the hearts of beautiful women, but early on, he meets with plenty of
resistance from both women and the television industry, despite writing the hit
tune "Palisades Park" and scoring a job with Dick Clark on
American Bandstand. The 1960s proves more fortunate for Barris; he meets the
love of his life, Penny (Barrymore), and sells ABC on the idea of The
Dating Game. However, after the show has made him wealthy and successful,
Barris is approached by the mysterious Jim Byrd (Clooney), a CIA agent
who wants to recruit Barris as a covert operative. Barris finds the notion of
playing spy games intriguing and agrees, but soon discovers what Byrd and his
partners really want is for Barris to assassinate uncooperative figures around
the world. Soon, Barris finds that his life has been all but taken over by Byrd
and another CIA agent, the mysterious and sexy Patricia (Roberts). As he
hops the globe, killing people in the name of American security (using his
status as a Dating Game chaperone as a cover), Barris learns that the
KGB has discovered his not-so-little secret and that his own life is in great
danger. By - Rovi
Scores
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 93%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 83%
Metacritic: 80
IMDB: 7.5/10
Cinemascore: None
Movie Info
Year: 2005
Director: George Clooney
Cast: David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Alex Borstein,
Dianna Reeves, Rose Abdoo, Patricia Clarkson, Reed Diamond, George Clooney,
Robert Downey Jr., Reed Diamond, Matt Ross, Tate Donovan, Grant Heslov, Ray
Wise, Robert Knepper, Frank Langella, Simon Helberg.
Synopsis: George Clooney pays homage to one of
the icons of American broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow, in this
fact-based drama, which was Clooney's second feature film as a director.
In 1953, Edward R. Murrow (Strathairn) was one of the best-known newsmen on television as
host of both the talk show Person to Person and the pioneering investigate
series See It Now. Joseph McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, was
generating no small amount of controversy in the public and private sectors
with his allegations that Communists had risen to positions of power and
influence in America, and an Air Force pilot, Milo Radulovich, had been drummed
out of the service due to McCarthy's charges that he was a Communist agent.
However, Radulovich had been dismissed without a formal hearing of the charges,
and he protested that he was innocent of any wrongdoing. Murrow decided to do a
story on Radulovich's case questioning the legitimacy of his dismissal, which
was seen by McCarthy and his supporters as an open challenge to his campaign.
McCarthy responded by accusing Murrow of being a Communist, leading to a
legendary installment of See It Now in which both Murrow and McCarthy presented
their sides of the story, which was seen by many as the first step toward
McCarthy's downfall. Meanwhile, Murrow had to deal with CBS head William Paley
(Langella), who was supportive of Murrow but extremely wary of his
controversial positions, while Murrow was also trying to support fellow newsman Don
Hollenbeck (Wise), battling charges against his own political views, and
working alongside Fred Friendly (Clooney), the daring head of CBS News. - By
Rovi
Scores
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 53%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 38%
Metacritic: 56
IMDB: 6.0/10
Cinemascore: C+
Movie Info
Year: 2008
Director: George Clooney
Cast: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, Stephen Root, Jonathan
Pryce, John Krasinski, Malcolm Goodwin, Wayne Duvall, Robert Baker.
Synopsis: George Clooney pulls double duty once again in this sports-oriented romantic comedy set
against the formation of professional football in the 1920s. Dodge Connelly (Clooney)
is a brash and handsome gridiron giant who is equally comfortable leading his
team in a barroom brawl or charging for a touchdown in a packed stadium. But
when Connelly's team loses their sponsor and the entire league appears set to
collapse, the quick-thinking jock attempts a creative late-game comeback. If
Connelly can convince former college football star and decorated war hero
Carter Rutherford (Krasinski) to join the team, there may be hope for the
ill-fated team after all. Back in World War I, Rutherford single-handedly
forced the surrender of multiple German soldiers -- a feat that firmly established
the dashing young soldier as America's favorite son. Not only that, but
Rutherford's unparalleled speed makes him a valuable asset to the team. To cub
reporter Lexie Littleton (Zellweger), Rutherford seems simply too good to be
true, and she's determined to prove that her theory is correct. As Littleton
digs deep into Rutherford's past, the two teammates enter into a fierce
competition for her erratic affections. Now, as Connelly's plan begins to work
better than he ever could have anticipated, the rowdy sport he always loved
starts to take on a whole new look and feel. In the midst of holding his team
together and simultaneously charming the girl of his dreams, Connelly discovers
he may be able to use the same strategies he does to win on the field to win in
love. Of course, there might be a few fouls as this game enters the fourth
quarter, but like every good player, Connelly knows the value of always having
a secret play to fall back on before the final score is called. By - Rovi
Scores
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 84%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 72%
Metacritic: 67
IMDB: 7.1/10
Cinemascore: B
Movie Info
Year: 2011
Director: George Clooney
Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max
Minghella, Jennifer Ehle, Gregory Itzin.
Synopsis: George Clooney goes behind the camera for the fourth time to direct
The Ides of March, an adaptation of Beau Willimon's play Farragut
North. The movie stars Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers, an idealistic
deputy campaign manager for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney), who is in a major
political battle in Ohio that could be the key to winning the Democratic
presidential nomination. When the opposing candidate's campaign manager (Paul
Giamatti) offers Stephen a job on his staff, Stephen neglects to inform his
boss (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Just as that omission is revealed, Stephen
uncovers a dirty personal secret that could sink Morris' political career. By - Rovi
Scores
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics): 31%
Rotten Tomatoes (Audience): 44%
Metacritic: 52
IMDB:
6.1/10
Cinemascore:
B+
Movie Info
Year: 2014
Director: George Clooney
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate
Blanchett, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, Jean Dujardin.
Synopsis: Cowriter
and director George Clooney adapts author Robert M. Edsel's book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi
Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History to tell the incredible true
story of the seven art historians and museum curators who went behind enemy
lines during World War II on a mission to recover some of the world's greatest
works of art. With war raging in Europe, the Nazis have managed to plunder some
of the biggest art collections on the continent. As the Third Reich begins to
topple, the German army receives explicit orders that in the event of Adolf
Hitler's death, they are to destroy every work of art in their possession.
Determined to prevent 1000 years of culture from going up in flames, American
president Franklin D. Roosevelt approves a proposal by Frank Stokes (Clooney) to form a task
force comprised entirely of art experts to enter Germany, recover the works of
art, and ensure they are returned to their rightful owners. With little
knowledge of modern weapons or warfare tactics, the ragtag squadron has their
work cut out for them.
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