Up in the Air (2009)
This is a “comedy-drama” that walks the dangerous path between romantic comedy and self righteous message movie but luckily manages to avoid becoming either. George Clooney plays George Clooney going round the country as a hired gun that fires people when another company is down sizing and they do not want to do the firing themselves, living a lonely life because he does not want to let anyone get “close to him”.
As I alluded to earlier what this film does well is manage not to fall into the pit falls of being a formulaic romantic comedy or try to bash the audience over the head with some half baked philosophy. There are a few decent laughs along the way but it is not what you would call a riotous comedy. What I especially liked was that we do not get the predictable ending even if it does seem that the events have changed Clooney's character slightly.
3/5, definitely watch-able.
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