2009 Review: Up in the Air

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2010)

Sophistication is not a word we often hear in association with a comedy. Yet, Jason Reitman's relevant and funny "Up in the Air" is an undeniable piece of sophisticated cinema that is far more poignant, moving, and compelling than just about every hard-hitting drama made this year. Effortlessly presenting a rarely-seen perspective of the current economic crisis, it paints a complex portrait of a termination facilitator, Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a man whose life goal is to garner ten million frequent flyer miles. A termination facilitator, for those who are wondering, is someone who comes into a company that needs to downsize, relieves unfortunate individuals of their positions, and tidies up the mess before swooping off to the next target. Some might call Ryan a corporate-downsizing expert. But, let's face it, he just fires people really, really well. When a newly-hired hotshot, Natalie (Anna Kendrick), arrives with a plan that would revolutionize the way Ryan does business, he must reflect upon what place he now has in corporate America and the ethical aspect of his career that he has ignored for so long.
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