Ryan Bingham ( George Clooney) is more comfortable traveling than at home. He certainly lives well on the road, and he has a whole list of philosophical witticisms about travel, relationships, and his unusual job as a professional corporate "downsizing" expert. His life's mission is the unlikely goal of amassing 10 million frequent flier miles. To date there is no such thing as a permanent relationship, family, children, or settling down.

Then he meets the traveling partner of his dreams. Alex Goran,played by Vera Farmiga is the seasoned traveler and business women, looking for fun, the no commitment person he has just dreamed about. She is obviously doing well, travels like Ryan, and then just when all is going well, a new employee, Natalie, joins his firm ( Anna Kendrick, ) and talks his boss, Craig Gregory, an absolutely heartless businessman played by Jason Batemen into coming into the digital age and performing their work online. With his lifestyle threatened he takes her on the road to experience his life and their job first hand.

Compounding this are several little sub plots, one of the larger ones involves his sister's wedding and the families desire to obtain photos in as many cities as possible adding comedy portion of the movie.

The plot intertwines the characters lives with the real life drama and heartbreak of corporate downsizing and the lost careers of thousands of people. We are sucked into the lives of the victims of the lay off , where a few are actually going to move on to better life goals, but in so many, especially many of the older employees, we witness total discouragement and horror. The real timing of this movie brings a very serious tone to the theme, all the while wrapping it in some very hilarious situations. This is where Anna Kendrick actually brought a lot of added value to the production. Not only is she the fast talking bubbly character that played a high school socialite in the Twilight series of movies, but she can take that excitement and tempo and add a very human element to what we thought just might have been a stuffy analytical "by the numbers" corporate ax person. She is not out shadowed by Clooney or Farminga's performances but holds her own in the movie. Vera Farminga also creates a very complex character as well. She has some great surprises in her as the plot develops.

Finally Clooney himself is at his best. His character is going to go through a lot change in this movie and the plot will take you to places you don't expect. But what as first starts out to be a story about a carefree wandering soul, turns into a complex story of intertwined lives.

A great Comedy with added drama.