It's scary, there are probably companies like Clooney's in existence...or people who think that starting would be a brilliant idea

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2010)

My primary complaint about the movie is what Alex's job is, and why it requires so much travel is never revealed; this of course makes a good starting point for a post film discussion, but the friends I saw it with and I all wished her character had been more fleshed out, to help give us a better understanding of her character.
Just checked, could not believe "As Good as it Gets" came out about seven years ago! There's a cute scene in that movie in which Nicholson and Keeton are in separate beds, (not even in the same room?) texting each other on their MacBooks; a scene repeated in "Up in the Air", except on (I assume) iPhones...cute, but it does raise the question, homage or product placement?
Thought the the aerial photography was superb, and really brought home the point how homogenized the on the ground airport environs are, irrespective of the surrounding terrain. Another nice touch the little homage cum history lesson at the airport in St.Louis