DVD Review "UP IN THE AIR" Score B 85%

People were saying that this is George Clooney's best work..I say its the closest to his real life. Instead of flying all over the country and world making movies and being the cool cat on the red carpet, here he plays a guy that flies all over the country firing people as kind of a reverse head hunter and being the cool cat on the airline circuit. He does a fine job and other than the BATMAN movie he ruined I think he does a great job in most roles he is in I think the big sympathy vote toward this performance goes to the character's dilemma. His two co-actresses in this film are: 1) his on the road lover (who delivers an excellent role) and 2) his on the road new student (who is just annoying as both character and actor) He is teaching her how to fire people (to show her how its done old school vs. her new idea to take their services to the Internet). Its a rather quiet engaging drama but nothing to jump up and down about. There are a few moments of comedy and few touching moments as well. Its a decent movie that doesn't need all those special effects as found in most movies today and its served by good writing and good acting.