Up In the Air

Rating: 7.4/10

Genre: Drama

Overall value for money and time: 7.5/10

Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) has one of the worst, or best jobs in the world... he travels the world to fire people. However, when a new employee of his company proposed a new and cost-saving method of using video conferencing to do the job instead, Ryan's job is threatened. He unwillingly takes the employee on his trips and the employee soon realises the harsh nature of his job and the experience brings them a step closer to uncovering what they really want in life.

This movie engaged and got me hooked right from the start. Though it was a dialogue driven movie, it had an interesting script which was able to sustain my attention. As the movie progressed, it allowed me to sink deeper into George Clooney's character and those around him. George Clooney was the highlight of the movie, bringing out the essence of his character and his delivery and portrayal was a perfect fit. There are few movies like this (dialogue driven) which can pull it off, and this movie possibly tops its category.

However, if I were to draw an attention/excitement graph, it would be high at the start, but steadily receding as the minutes passed... I personally thought the last few scenes had the potential to pack the punch but didn't do so due to the weak script; Story wasn't bad, but the lines didn't had the "blow away" factor. It did have a fairly unexpected ending which spiked up my attention graph a little, but that was the best it got before the credits rolled.

One of its kind, but might be forgettable after a while... still, it's worth your time and money, so don't let it fly by you!