Up in the Air Hits Cloud Nine ****

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2009)

Something very different has hit the movie screen and it's "Up in the Air."
What an appropriate film to deal with how people are directly affected when they lose their jobs.
This is about the best movie role that George Clooney has ever had. In a part that would have been Cary Grant's years ago, Clooney plays a suave guy who goes around telling people that they've lost their jobs. After doing this for so long, he has become immune to their responses, and frankly, he couldn't care less.
When his life-style is threatened by a newcomer to the firm, he brings her along to show her how he does his job.
Of course, the best part of the job is the rude awakening that he faces by the woman he has chosen to play around with.
Clooney's vulnerability and indifference to others is extraordinarily done. To say that he is callous earlier in the film, that's putting it mildly. Some would say that he got what he deserved by acting in the way he does.
This picture is destined to become a part of Americana, especially if the economy doesn't turn around soon. It definitely serves as a wake-up call.