Up In the Air
Starring: Vera Farmiga, George Clooney, Anna Kendrick
I watched this – for the second time – this weekend, and I enjoyed as much as the first time.
Directed by Jason Reitman (“Thank You for Smoking,” “Juno”), this is a low-key funny film that’s not a comedy.
Clooney is a road-warrior who travels to fire people (how apropos in our current job market) and is not a “people person.” He meets his female equal – Farmiga – and things get interesting.
Without giving away much, he changes(?) over the course of the flick. But it’s not false – done well.
Very well done. The second time around was better than the first (I got the “loyalty” issue).
NOTE: Reitman actually cast some folks who had been fired to play the fired folks, and encouraged them to ad lib their responses. Interesting.
Chicago is getting hammered – as is much of the Central US – with windstorms. Youch.
Lots of branches (power outages) and fence sections down. Winds steady at 24mph; gusts up to 60mph.