Sweetly self-indulgent ‘Jay Kelly’ blurs the lines with its star, George Clooney

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There are two types of great actors in the movies. The first are those, such as Daniel Day-Lewis or Tilda Swinton, who disappear into their roles, effectively becoming a new person each time they appear on screen. Then there are the capital-M Movie Stars, whose outsized charisma prevents you from forgetting you’re watching a world-famous actor, but are so magnetic that it’s difficult to care. No actor better represents this latter category than George Clooney, a fact that “Jay Kelly,” the new film from director Noah Baumbach, leans into. Clooney plays Kelly, a thespian of Clooney-esque fame and charisma – “the last of the classic movie stars,” as described by his long-suff