Thursday, July 29, 2010
ROAD WARRIOR
Today's movie was Jason Reitman's
Up In the Air (2009) with George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.
This is Clooney's picture but he is buoyed up by these two women.
An examination of the outplacement business as well as a meditation on life on the business road, Reitman constructs a beautifully rendered film which hurts deep inside because so many people are engaged in this kind of duplicitous horseshit. Kidding themselves that they have a life when, in fact, it is air.
There is even some time to examine the inspirational speaker business. Not management training, I would have to say, with a bit of a cringe. One man, stands up and motivates.
No interaction.
Whew. That was close.
The thing about this (spoiler) is that there is no happy ending to this saga. It is nice to see the Clooney guy begin to see his fallacy but then, well, to what end?
Reitman has done three films. Thank You For Smoking, Juno and now this one. I am renting Smoking. I missed it somehow.
I will give this a 4 out of Netflix5. I would not mind seeing it again. It is very smooth.
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