Drama, 2009 (Rated R)
Clooney is Ryan Bingham a professional employment terminator. A man who spends so much time in airports and on airplanes that he has actually substituted the need for more miles for the need for human interaction and relationships. He is traveling more days then he is home and he likes it that way. He is assigned to train a new young whipper snapper named Natalie Keener (Kendrick). She immediately picks up on his cold and distant ways and has no qualms about challenging him and voicing her total disagreement. He meets the female version of himself (Farmiga) at an airport bar and they strike up the casual relationship he does best but he finds himself questioning his lifestyle and wonders if there just might be more out there for him on the ground then in the air.
- Clooney's character is like a lot of men frequent flyer's or not. I am not against it. It might work for some but it seems so empty. It was not surprising to find him in a field that requires him to do something as cold as firing people all over the nation.
- He really met his match with Natalie. She challenged his lifestyle and spoke up about how cold and empty she felt it was to live that way.
- In the end he reached out a little and got burned. But, at least he took a chance and who knows what that might lead to next.
