Show them the Money
di A. O. Scott The New York Times
UP in the air you may meet Ryan Bingham, an ancient mariner of sorts who has, over the years (at least in Walter Kirn’s novel, where he originated) encountered just about everyone who has flown business class across the spokes and hubs of this great land. Ryan is capitalism with a handsome face: efficient, optimistic, confident without undue arrogance. He’s a winner, and he belongs to a winners’ club that anyone with sufficient grit or good fortune can join. You’ve met some of the other club members, and when you run into the new, gray-haired George Clooney version of Ryan in Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air” you may find yourself wondering: Does he know Jerry Maguire?
Remember Jerry Maguire? I don’t mean the memorable catchphrases — “You had me at hello,” “You complete me,” “Show me the money” — though there is something to be said for a movie about business that crystallizes its themes so effortlessly in aphorisms. [...]
di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (9643 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 6 dicembre 2009
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