Stunk

Rating: 4/10 (27 December 2009)

Sometimes I may not like a film, but I can understand why others appreciated it. Not "Up in the Air." This film simply wasn't good. This film is extremely cynical, and I suppose if you like that, you'll love this film, but I rarely care for cynical films.
Now I don't know George Clooney, and maybe he is a really good guy, but that doesn't mean that critics should treat him (and the Coen Brothers, for that matter) with such kid gloves, and that everything they do is a masterpiece. How this film has already won so many Critics awards, and may win Golden Globes and Oscars is stunning to me.
Before I saw this movie, I heard raves about Anna Kendrick in this role. Whatever for? I can see the whipper-snapper Cornell college graduate thinking she knows more about how to terminate people than the "adults," but there's no way someone at that age has enough life experience to be advising George Clooney about how he should be living his life, as well as all the other countless insights and observations her character gave. I felt like I was watching "Juno" all over again.