Up In The Air 2009 - Fire me Scene

Scene where Natalie introduces her new plan for the company and Ryan objects it.

[kbob]

I love how she perfectly embodies that new graduate who comes into an established work place and immediately tries to upend how things are done without having any understanding around the nuance of the job or company/industry. I see these people come and go constantly.

[theknowitall]

He knows what he's talking about. I worked 20 years for a thriving company and we did everything with our client face to face. One day, no more travel. We closed about 5 operations and downsized 65 percent due to lower sales and client complaints. There is still something about being personal that will always earn respect from people.

[jkta]

I love the way George Clooney just side coaches Anna Kendrick in the scene. He doesn’t condescend to her in those moments, just offers her quick practical pieces of advice. And then, he destroys her.

[ajitkirpekar]

I love her line about minoring in psychology. I can promise you after a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, I learned nothing practical about how the business world works... Let alone had the confidence to know what other people are thinking at all times

[guillermovaccarezza]

He owned her big time. He is aware that what they do is terrible to people, so at least he can show his face in person and tell people to their face and share a little of their grief. Doing the same thing via chat o via a simple mail is so much more inhuman.

[Bobbychristopher]

This movie is becoming relevant again now after the Corona aftereffects to Unemployment

[minhazulislam]

Clooney should've gotten an award for this performance. Real good. Vera Farmiga was great too. And Anna Kendrick. She acted nicely as well

[blaydeesy]

So, this is what I like about his character. He absolutely loves the fact he travels first class all over the country, staying in nice hotels. It’s literally his dream job. As hard and depressing what he does is, he absolutely takes pride in the fact how he does it. He knows how personal it’s going to be, he knows how devastated people are going to be, and as he said, he does it with dignity and pride. On one hand he’s terrified of not being able to travel, his main motivation for doing the job, but he also understands how much this change will negatively affect his company.

[mijreed]

The panic look in Clooney's face is priceless.

[ericmcmillan]

Jason Bateman is a very underrated actor. Great work in this movie, as well as, others.

[neage]

I give Clooney big props for his performance in this movie but Anna Kendrick is also very good. She really shows a clean true reaction of someone being knocked down a peg or 2 . even in the last moment of Clooney speaks to her the defeat and realization that he has very valid points and the defeat even from her mouth twitches spoke volumes.

[virtuosowins]

In cricketing terms, middle stump uprooted. What a great movie.

[quicktoevil]

Easily a movie that can be watched again and again. So much to unpack.

[ZuckerbergsAi]

it's great how Clooney's character doesn't just go against this new procedure because he thinks it's wrong and callous, but because he's attached to his lonely life of constantly moving around, never being really tied down to anything.

[xh]

1:38. "A dog can fire Nat". Poor Nat.

[liamsilver]

2:58 gotta love the way she stares at him after he gives her the talk. It's like "what a hell industry am I really getting into?". And then to top it off someone she fires commits suicide.

[santhoshamuduri]

This is the one I like most. Wonderful

[nashzaman]

This is actually gold.All newbies usually try to start a revolution in the company.

[agenttheater]

Exactly, because stabbing of shooting someone in the back (unless you're Uncle Fester) is the cowards way of doing it

[salekh]

The psychology world treats everybody they define as robots not as human beings and Georges performance in this movie is priceless and he is a dangerous motherfucker in this movie.