UP IN THE AIR

Lay off employees is not an easy task. There is an emotional element that sometimes make this process even more complicated than it should. At a time like this, needed an expert who really knows how to handle emotions and that was Ryan Bingham (George Clooney).

All his life, Ryan had never had anybody. He deliberately break away from the emotional relationship with anyone and that's what makes Ryan's success as an expert on employee reductions. Without the emotional attachment to anyone or anything, Ryan's goal in life is only one, reaching 10 million miles with the same flight so that he gets the exclusive card of the airline he used.

Ryan practical life is from one hotel to another hotel. Various places he had visited and aircraft, make it, not unlike a car for most people. Create most people, Ryan was the man who has no emotions but actually think that's not quite true. Ryan had only emotion he's a very powerful control his emotions.

Everything went well until Ryan had to 'guard' Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), a new employee where Ryan works. Very different backgrounds to make this relationship feels very awkward at first but over time, Ryan learned to see life from the view of ordinary people and this makes a balance that has been so shaky he maintained. The emergence of Alex Goran characters (Vera Farmiga) added more complex life of the original Ryan very simple.

There are some interesting things from this film. The first, the film dared to escape from the standard Hollywood movie that has always ended happily. Jason Reitman daring escape from the formula with the risk of viewers will be disappointed. In fact Jason was processed was disappointing because most of the audience is not at all disappointed with the end of this sad little.

The second is a simple story line almost without subplots. The only subplots that there was a family story that Ryan can not be removed from the main story line. The good, the storyline is simple Jason could make a surprise ending and completely unexpected.

The third course is the acting ability of three major players and chemistry between the three of them. Vera Farmiga as the woman appeared solid businessman who almost without emotion, just like the roles performed by George Clooney. Anna Kendrick also appears satisfactory as a naive young woman while Clooney himself seemed not to be questioned again. As usual this actor appeared stable with cool style, smile, and the timing is right when saying the dialogue. The result, a good movie to watch as entertainment though his ending is hardly happy