Category: Movies & Films

Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, one of the senior members of the staff of a corporate downsizing firm. Ryan’s also a star amongst frequent flyers, spending more time in airports than at his apartment. He’s set a goal for himself of becoming a member of the exclusive 10 million frequent flier miles club, a club which only has six members. Ryan’s got traveling down to a science, knows exactly how much of what he can carry on a plane, how to pack to make the most of a small space, what rental car companies are the easiest to deal with, and he owns club cards for every major hotel chain.

Based on the novel by Walter Kirn, George Clooney stars as corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham, who is hired to help ease the transition of long-term employees to the unemployment line across the country. Taking his job very seriously and loving the 290 days away from home-the only problem with that is the 70 days at home in his empty apartment-his world gets turned upside-down when a young upstart in the company threatens to ground the company to fire people via the internet.

Ryan Bingham (played by George Clooney) a man who loves air travel and whose job it is to lay people off because their bosses are spineless weasels. He’s turns both travel and firing into an art, but discovers that a simple and satisfying life can be just as fragile as a personal life he’d rather leave on the ground.

The film, based on the book of the same title, is a moving and witty piece of cinema. The line deliveries given are some of the best liners of the year. The adaptation by Reitman and Sheldon Turner is of beautiful and social importance in today’s day and age. There was no better time than now, to bring a film like this to the table. Dana E. Glauberman’s crisp and precise editing sets the pace as we travel with Ryan in this beautiful account. Reitman’s direction shows he’s a force to be reckoned with and should be in full blown force for Oscar consideration along with the adaptation shared with Turner.