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Clooney gives a brilliant performance in the Up in the Air |
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| Date Added: February 17, 2010 03:45:35 PM | |
| Author: jarde18 | |
| Category: News and Media: Entertainment | |
Based on the novel by Walter Kirn, the 2009 movie Up in the Air with George Clooney playing the leading part og corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham features interpersonal relationships. Ryan Bingham is hired to help ease the layoff of long-term employees all over the country. He is serious about showing his competence and is excited about the 290 days he is going to be away from home. However, duting this period of time his world undergoes serious changes. On the way, both he and his college graduate colleague Natalie played by A. Kendrick understand that they lack a great many crucial things in their lives and have to learn how to turn into better people. Clooney's Mr Bingham is a lonely businessman whose personal life is made up by random dates with pretty females at many airports where he is a regular passenger. His wallet is full of plastic cards from airlines which accumulate his mileage, hotel status perk cards which let him avoid dealing with frustrated travelers and go straight to the front, and numerous room keys that are saved up and make him always try more than one key before finally opening his hotel room's door. Having been uninvolved in the life of family and relatives for many years, Ryan is the brother who exists but cannot be counted on. His job subsitutes family for him. He reckons if he should, or really would like to, attend his sister's wedding – the little girl whose life he should have been involved with after the death of their father. The movie abounds in plot and sequences that should to be watched fresh to have a full understanding of the film. What you might initially think is a witty comedy featuring a conceited guy who eventually turns into a nice person full of emotion is actually a combination of comedy and drama. G. Clooney performs very well and makes his character very realistic. He is excellent at playing both the haughty workaholic obsessed with his job and career prospects and the sensitive romantic able to show true feelings of affection and compassion to people around. The evolution the character undergoes throughout the film is interesting to trace and makes you think about the genuine values of human life. |
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