Review: Up in the Air

       My father used to be a road warrior, no where on the scale of George Clooney's character Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air, but he spent a lot of time flying across the country. Watching Clooney effortlessly make his way through security checkpoints and relaxing in the executive lounge between flights reminded me of when I and the rest of my family would join my dad on his business trips. The difference between my dad and Ryan Bingham is that Bingham enjoys his time on airplanes and in airports. Early in the film we learn that in the previous year, Bingham had spent 322 days on the road, spending just a month and a half at home in his small, bare apartment. He feels at home in the sky and then things take a turn when he is grounded.