The film Up in the Air with George Clooney playing the lead part of company's downsizing expert Ryan Bingham features interpersonal relationships.
Ryan Bingham is hired to help ease the layoff of long-term employees all over the United States. He takes his job very seriously and looks forward to the 290 days he is going to spend away. Still, duting this period of time his world alters dramatically. On the way, both he and his college graduate colleague Natalie played by Anna Kendrick find out that they lack a great many important things in their lives and have to learn how to become better people open to affection and heartbreak.
Clooney's Mr Bingham is a lonely business person whose personal life is made up by random dates with beautiful females at numerous airports he visits frequently. His wallet is full of credit cards from airlines which accumulate his mileage, hotel status perk cards that let him avoid dealing with displeased travelers and more straight to the front. Having been detached from his family for many years, Ryan is the brother who lives somewhere but cannot give a shoulder to cry on. His job has turn into his new family. He contemplates whether he should, or really wants to, attend his sister's wedding party – the girl whose life he should have been involved with after the death of their father.
The movie includes plenty of plot and sequences that need to be seen fresh to get a better understanding of the movie. What you might initially consider a witty comedy featuring a supercilious guy who finally becomes a pleasant person unafraid to demonstrate his feelings and emotions is actually a mixture of both comedy and drama.
Clooney gives a brilliant performance and makes his character very realistic. He seems to experience all the emotions of his character when playing both the arrogant workaholic obsessed by his job and career prospects and the sensitive romantic able to demonstrate true feelings of love and compassion to people around. The changes he undergoes throughout the film are interesting to trace and make you think about the true values of human life.
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