“Up In The Air” stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, who is hired to fire people in downsizing companies. Clooney has an ever-present smoothness as the person whose goal is to reach 10 million miles in the air as he travels to fire people. Ryan’s world is going right, as he prefers to be in the air than in one place too long, as he travels 322 days a year.
One evening, Ryan meets Alex, played by Vera Farminga, who is a frequent flyer. She has the most mesmerizing and beautiful eyes in film today. They perform a great scene where Ryan and Alex compare their travel strategies in a friendly sparring. They seem like a good fit for each other.
But things are about to change for Ryan as a young executive at his company, Natalie (played by Anna Kendrick of “Twilight”), persuades the company management to cut costs by firing people by teleconferencing. This move would seriously cut into Ryan’s goal of building up his traveling miles.
Natalie’s eyes are opened as she sees the actual impact of what downsizers do. She encounters a woman who says she will jump off a bridge due to her firing.
There is hardly any movie that holds up without good supporting casts. This film has one. There is Danny McBride as Jim, who is having cold feet marrying Ryan’s sister; Julie, played by Melanie Lynskey (“Two and a Half Men”); and Amy Morton, who plays the other sister, Julie. Her performance is very honest and her cuss words are used in very interesting ways.
Another jewel from the film is that actual people who were downsized in real life were used in the downsizing scenes. A classy move by Reitman!
Even if “Up In The Air” was not getting critical acclaim, it still would be that film that people should get the movie tickets to. If you do, you’re in for a great cinematic plane ride.
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