This was an 8 until the Up In The Air ending!

Rating: 4/10 (13 May 2018)

This was an 8 until the slightly Up In The Air ending!
Good screenplay from a book I haven't read (and never will). Generally well paced but a few draggy moments (why oh why do they do the montage with music?) where, perhaps, another eye might have spotted the slowness - writer/director syndrome.
Good acting from the leads. Who doesn't love George Clooney? Vera Farmiga is superb as the femme fatale and Anna Kendrick is always wonderful.
So it was probably the book that wimped out on a definitive ending although perhaps the screenplay didn't enforce the impression of how life goes on for our protagonist. Just sometimes it's really nice to know, after spending 1:45 minutes of your life on a movie.
Otherwise a very watchable movie with good(ish) script and dialogue. Just be prepared to read a bit into the scenario to find an ending.