I Don't See What All The Fuss Is About

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2010)

It's not to say that this isn't a good movie, but what's so great about it? Why is this considered award worthy? I'll grant you there are good performances, but the movie itself isn't quite as good. George Clooney is good here, but he's subdued. Aside from firing employees, and taking a young college graduate (played by Anna Kendrick) under his wing, what is the point? I am recommending the movie, but only as entertainment, nothing else. I enjoyed the movie, but basically, this is nothing special. I was expecting something conventional, say, for example, a hostage, or maybe Clooney and another employee his age trying to compete with one another. But, what we get isn't much of a story. And we also get a subplot about a family wedding, which I think could have been told more often during the whole movie. I was actually more interested in the wedding than I was in the main story.
*** out of ****