Film: Up In The Air
Star Cast: George Clooney, Anna Kendrick, Vera Farmiga, Jason Bateman
Editor: Dana E. Glauberman
Script: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Music: Rolfe Kent
Director: Jason Reitman
Producer: Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki and Jeffrey Clifford, released by Paramount Pictures.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes

An immensely topical film based on the novel by Walter Krin and directed by Jason Reitman, Up In The Air is rooted completely in today’s corporate culture, ethics of modern living, independence and success along with an envelope of self ostracism. With all the white-collared bewilderment moving in and out of the film, the movie is something about todays continuous, the people who appear to be heartless souls giving out the fearful firing sheets and the ones who jump off the bridges after getting the sheets.

Ryan Bungham (George Clooney), a high-profile, corporate downsizer, fritters out most of his time in flights, traveling to offices throughout US and sacking out people without disappointing them.  He is the well-known recluse who suddenly realizes that there is something more to life besides flying in business class from one office to other and firing people off their jobs. Natalie (Anna Kendrick), a 23-year-old psychology main, is on the brink of putting an end to Ryan’s ways of downsizing by introducing her new-fangled proposal of cutting down the heavy bills of the companies by firing on the internet. Now, Ryan’s boss loves the feisty new proposal and sets up Ryan and Natalie to head the change. And here comes the time when a few lessons of life need to be exchanged by both these generation gapped corporate buddies. Natalie should be taught to disconnect out with her unworthy boyfriends and Ryan should learn to connect in with his family and girlfriends.

The incapability to connect and disconnect along with making up life long relationships and the decoded isolation of the people inside the corporate world is well interpreted throughout the movie. Though the script is small, it’s smart with extremely crisp but real dialogues. All the performances are excellent. Anna Kendrick looks really adorable as the twenty-three old and George Clooney has been perfect as the heartless 21st century wanderer. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner have created a fantastic screenplay that is completely packed up with quotable quotes. The movie also stirs off some comedy sequences as well in its serious business world.

Truly a film not be missed out!