Thursday, January 14, 2010

Up in the Air

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga

Slick, extremely well-written piece on a road warrior whose job is firing (oops...downsizing) people. Lots of scenes crackled with sarcastic wit.

The three main characters were terrific. Clooney was perfect as a smooth, detached, above-it-all professional hit man. VF shone again, as always. The arc of the story was predictable but so what? This film captured the current zeitgeist. It was entertaining, bitter, funny. As good as mainstream films get.

7

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