Up in the Air leaves it hanging

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2010)

A smart script and great actors don't require massive budgets or complex sets. This film is a typical Clooney venture into an intelligent world where he is a man with no soul and doesn't realise how empty he is until he runs into Vera Farmiga.
George is magnificent in the way he down-plays his role: is it a romcom? maybe. A drama? Maybe. But what it is - for sure - is a film about someone who makes a living out of firing people for those who haven't got the gumption to do it themselves. He's shown how out-of-touch he is with modern life by the geeky but cleverly played young gun (Anna Kendrick).
George spends his life up in the air, literally and metaphorically, and makes us ask the question of ourselves.
Intelligent film-making. Really liked it.