I went to see the new George Clooney film 'Up in the Air' a week ago. It started out in limited release but has generated enough buzz that people are mentioning it as a best picture contender. I agree, it's timely, smart, depressing, uplifting, and a range of other things over the course of its 1 hour 40 minute run-time. The movie is pretty much carried by the characters of Clooeny, Vera Farmiga, and young Anna Kendrick. The last of which is totally, mouse-ily, girl-next-door-y pretty on a scale not seen since perhaps Kate Beckinsale's debut as a young Brit.Anna plays Natalie, a Cornell Grad go-getter (maybe I should've gone there after all?) who's invading the corporate world of Omaha, Nebraska. Nebraska certainly sucks, but she followed a boy there who returned the favor by dumping her, what a douchebag - I'll never forgive him for making her go to Nebraska! The whole makeup staff must have spent hours attempting to downplay Kendrick's sexiness and figuring out what smart business suits to put her in. She's got a slightly foreign (think Portuguese gal from Love Actually) look going on that shines through the pant suits. But maybe that's what they were going for: you can take the girl out of the college but not the college out of the girl - as is revealed when Natalie gets smashed and karaoke's Time After Time on a party boat.
Anyway, count Anna added to my list of young hopefuls that I want to make it big. I can overlook the fact that she's in the Twilight series, I don't hate it, just won't buy a ticket to it - her and I can argue about that in private thank you very much. Her role as Natalie in Up In the Air probably gave her a lot more slack to show off her acting skills. I hope her career takes off and we get to see a lot more of her. And I hope that mousey beauty doesn't go anywhere or get covered up by too much makeup!
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