Exuberant and undeniably likable with Clooney on excellent form as usual

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2010)

Boring, predictable plot? Strained and awkward acting? Overrated and doesn't deserve the recognition it's been getting? Half the cast look like they're from Shameless? None of these could even come close to being the truth - except perhaps the Shameless one. I'm more than thrilled to say that this film really does live up to the hype and Oscar nominations rightly surrounding it.
Clooney gives a spot-on performance as a lonely but enthused worker who travels regularly around America firing employees for a living. This all goes smoothly until he falls for Alex who also flies around regularly. Vera Farmiga shines as his dream woman or as she likes to put it "Just think of me as yourself with a vagina" so as you can imagine it isn't hard to see why he likes her.
Anna Kendrick also proves to have great potential as supporting actress, she is almost as strong willed and witty as Clooney but it is Reitman's fantastic direction that makes the pace and conversation of the film so enjoyable to watch; proving his Juno phenomenon(though Diablo Cody got most the credit)wasn't mere luck. This is easily a must see of this year and easily deserves the praise it's been getting.