George Clooney delivers one of the best comedic performances of his career in Jay Kelly. As a long-time devotee of his Coen Bros' comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?, I don't say that lightly. However, Noah Baumbach has created a role that feels tailored to Clooney's particular brand of star power. And Clooney struts, takes pratfalls, and soars with grace, goofiness, and pathos.

Clooney has built a career on his ability to pivot from swaggering dreamboat ( Out of Sight , Ocean's Eleven through Thirteen ) to rugged action star ( From Dusk Till Dawn , The Peacemaker, Three Kings ) to arrogant buffoon ( O Brother, Burn After Reading, Hail, Caesar! ). In Jay Kelly, he does all three. But more than that, he does all three to interrogate what it means to be a movie star. When yo

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