“あなたの”人生のスーツケース”詰め込みすぎていませんか？”
ライアン・ビンガムは解雇宣告人として一年中出張のために全米中を飛行機で飛びまわっていた。彼の目標はマイレージを1000万マイル貯め、飛行機に自分の名前を残し、フィンチ機長と面会することだった。だがライアンが本社に戻ったある日、新入社員のナタリーが現地出張を廃止してネット上で解雇宣告を行うシステムを提案するがライアンはそれに反対しナタリーと衝突する。上司のクレイグは、ライアンにナタリーの教育係を命じ、実際に解雇宣告を経験してもらうために二人で出張させる。
製作費: $25,000,000 (38億円)
興行収入: $166,842,739 (250億円)
推定収支: $141,842,739 (213億円)
※製作費・興行収入はTMDBのデータを参照しています。収支は(興行収入 - 製作費)で算出したFindKey独自の推定値であり、広告宣伝費や諸経費は含まれません (1ドル=150円換算)。
I don’t really get why this movie got an Oscar nomination. I mean it’s watchable but I don’t think it’s Oscar-worthy. I think this movie is too simple to be nominated. There were some funny parts but it’s more of a “LOL” than “LMAO”. Script wise, it’s nice. It’s kind of real in a way since a lot of people are losing their jobs because of recession. I think that’s one of the reasons why people liked this movie because it is what’s happening right now in the USA.
This is one of those movies that takes you in a certain direction but in the end changes course and brings you somewhere else. It was entertaining but the ending was not the one I was hoping for and I felt diminished the rest of the movie.
Humane, with characters, developments and performances that resonate with anyone currently transiting adulthood and seeing their lives not turn out as expected. Unfortunately, I believe it is the nature of these corporate figure, stoic, cynic, hypocritical characters what might weigh the emotional aspect down for a greater part of the story, only cut through by brief bursts of Kendrick and Lynskey excellence, and eventually, Clooney's character's growth. Overall, the final message is a little cheesily put, specially with the expectation put on romance and family, but I believe the interpretation of companionship is deeply personal at the end of the day. Hits specially hard when you're unemployed and alone in your 20s.
