I remember watching as the intro credits rolled and seeing how many - American - cities I could recognise. And then he began describing his life. I leaned over to my wife - we were in a cinema in Canberra - and said "That's my life!".

Not quite, of course. I flew for pleasure but at that point I was top level in oneWorld status. had several RTW trips under my belt and had metro cards for several different cities in my travel wallet. London, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Melbourne …

I think this movie is a fascinating lesson in philosophy. At the end, of course, Ryan rejects his own advice. There are deleted scenes showing him buying and decorating a house. And we know how that relationship worked out.

But the advice to keep moving, to treat personal relationships as fast food, to trim everything including luggage down to the most efficient minimum, how arid is that?

It's one thing to live in the moment, to cut down attachment, to enjoy whatever circumstances we find ourselves in but are we, as social animals, really built that way?

So many great lines and moments in that movie. The appearances from walk-ons describing how it felt to be sacked - "Like losing my family" - picked at the philosophy.

On the surface, a fluffy movie about a corporate drone. But look deeper and we see ourselves, just in a different way.

Yes, this is my life, and I live in a house full of clutter, my memory unable to hold the names of everyone I've met in my life.

I could slim everything down, but do I really need to?