Totally un-surprising, rather boring

Rating: 4/10 (17 June 2015)

So George Clooney, for once, is a bad guy: he flies from city to city, and each day he does the dirty job of firing people, so that the HR people don't have to do it. He has a huge experience and knows how to manipulate everyone so they don't negotiate, protest, you name it. A real bad guy.
Of course he has no time for any life. So he lies to himself that this is his life, and wouldn't want to be married, have children and all. Says he is happy occasionally seeing the same woman. Totally classical, totally un-surprising plot. Very boring.
As time goes by, and because he gets influenced by a new hire perhaps, he starts thinking a bit more than usual, about whether it might not be nice to marry one day perhaps. So at one point he tries his luck surprising his lover at home - only to find that she is married with children, and he is just her toy boy. Again, totally expected, un-surprising, boring plot.
So well what can he do, he goes on with his life. Of course there is still a small nice side to him, so he writes a superb recommendation letter for the new hire, so that after several weeks of firing people with him in many cities, she can finally get a real, noble job.
The acting is boring. Booooring. Clooney is supposed to be surprising in a role where he is not a good-looking doctor, or a good-looking and fun thief, but a bad guy - but he's not that good at it. The young new hire is OK but also rather boring. The lover is probably doing the best job but is not seen enough.
The photography is dull, of course it's probably by design? But it's still rather dull. Except perhaps some close-ups on the people getting fired.
And really, the story is so un-surprising, weak, that it's difficult to bear until the end without going preferring to go to the fridge for some ice-cream, or just zap to another movie.