It's just not about very much at all - a total yawn

Rating: 2/10 (31 July 2010)

This movie is really disappointing. The story is weak. It's about very little - a corporate downsizer and a boring little affair.
The praise and nominations are really undeserved. Everyone hardly has much acting to do. George Clooney is his usual self with that little half smile. Vera Farmiga is attractive but she really doesn't have much to do. Anna Kendrick's much lauded performance as Clooney's young colleague is adequate but again there isn't a lot required of her. The story is not moving or interesting. The ending is predictable and you feel that nothing happened at all.
If it wasn't a Clooney movie and heavily marketed I don't think it would have even got any nominations at all. It isn't even interesting enough to be a made for TV movie of the week maybe less.