The increasingly slick Reitman...has the good sense to not slather every emotional beat in score and really seems to like his actresses.
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09/20/09
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Up in the Air (2009)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:24
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Dec 4, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: After getting Oscar attention for JUNO, director Jason Reitman turns to this adaptation of Walter Kirn's comic novel. Academy Award-winner George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a businessman on the... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey
Director: Jason Reitman
Reviews for Up in the Air
Does it live up to the hype? Hell yeah!
09/11/09
George Clooney's deliberately ambiguous character Ryan Bingham is a poster boy for America's lack of ethical direction in a thought-provoking satire that doesn't swing its hammer of simmering revolution hard enough.
11/27/09
...a familiar premise that's generally employed to better-than-average effect by Reitman...
10/01/09
Shows the very growth and evolution that proves [Reitman] is a filmmaker who will be with us, making quality films that leave us deeply moved, for a very long time.
09/14/09
George Clooney gives his most resonant and heartfelt Oscar-caliber performance in Reitman's timely, sharply written social satire that deserves to be nominated in major Oscar categories, including Picture, Director, Actor, and two Supporting Actresses.
10/13/09
Populated by a handful of assured performances, Up in the Air is first and foremost an actor’s movie.
09/15/09
This is Reitman's third film, and I've liked them all about the same: recommended with reservations.
09/14/09
As a send-up of both technology and the myth of the happy bachelor, 'Up in the Air' is fly.
11/27/09
I don't know if Up in the Air is a film for the ages, but at the nervy start of the new century, it certainly feels like the perfect film for our age.
10/01/09
downbeat conclusion resonates and causes viewers to ponder the meaning of their own lives
11/07/09
One of the year's very best films from one of Hollywood's very best young directors.
11/09/09
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10/22/09
If anyone but George Clooney had played Ryan, we might not believe in (or like) him.
09/14/09
Top CriticIt deserves it and should stand up as one of 2009’s best pictures.
09/08/09
Up in the Air has many amusing moments -- Clooney has never been funnier, either – yet this is more drama than comedy.
09/14/09
Top CriticThis sharply honed script doesn't mince words, while sticking it to Clooney's corporate hitman. Along with the genius move of hiring real people who've been fired, proving that you don't have to be an actor to dazzle and devastate audiences in a movie.
11/28/09
Up in the Air often looks like an American Airlines commercial, and I wouldn’t call it a feel-good movie per se, but there’s a certain satisfaction watching two snappy, beautiful people at the top of their form.
09/16/09
Top CriticThis breezy and bittersweet drama carries dark resonance for a society caught in the middle of both recession and downsizing
10/22/09
Never before has Clooney conveyed so much emotional depth, resulting in an unforgettable performance that's commanding, charming, vulnerable and heartbreaking.
09/29/09
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October 04, 2009:
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