Yes. It really is bad.
I watched Michael Clayton over the weekend and thought it was very over-long and totally over rated. Sure Clooney was good, but the films wasn't all that good.
I also watched Burton's Sweeny Todd, I don't think I've ever watched a film where I was grateful to hear some bloody dialogue. Granted I was bound to hate it from the start, it's a musical and it's directed by Tim Burton. No amount of Alan Rickman can save a movie from those two shit storms.