From taxi to touchdown, Reitman knows how to get us to the next destination.
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Up in the Air (2009)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:31
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.9/10
Consensus: Led by charismatic performances by its three leads, director Jason Reitman delivers a smart blend of humor and emotion with just enough edge for mainstream audiences.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $8,106,000
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
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Reviews for Up in the Air
Top CriticA delightful new romantic comedy that never suffers from attention deficit disorder.
12/08/09
Top CriticI think that this is a classic in the making.
12/07/09
Top CriticOnce again, Reitman the screenwriter gives Reitman the director an excuse to ponder the spaces between us and the ties that bind. Or don't.
12/06/09
Top CriticIt's hard to think of an actor who's better at projecting the professional smoothness that's essential to make this character palatable, but Clooney turns out to be willing to take that persona further.
12/04/09
Top CriticReitman has given us a witty, elegant movie that is nonetheless, like its protagonist, somewhat aloof from the vicissitudes experienced by mere mortals.
12/04/09
Top CriticReitman possesses a flair for off-kilter scenarios, and he's in fine form again, taking his triangulated principals -- Ryan, Alex, Keener -- out of their comfort zones and into a more complicated geometry.
12/04/09
Top CriticFew recent films have been so adroit at looking outward while burrowing inward.
12/04/09
Top CriticReitman deserves credit for going through with a bitterly ironic ending, but the movie is marred by its warm condescension toward flyover country.
12/04/09
Top CriticAn assertively, and unapologetically, tidy package, from its use of romance to instill some drama into the narrative (the book introduces disease instead) and the mope-rock tunes that Mr. Reitman needlessly overuses.
12/04/09
Top CriticTimeliness can be tricky to pull off convincingly in movies. It's tough to capture an era while it's still happening, yet Up in the Air does so brilliantly, with wit and humanity.
12/04/09
Top CriticA lovely Hollywood romance that floats buoyantly along on a sea of sadness.
12/04/09
Top CriticIn its funny, rueful way, Up in the Air touches contemporary American notes few Hollywood movies acknowledge.
12/04/09
Top CriticUp in the Air is a timeless movie that's utterly of its time -- a movie of humor, heart and mind.
12/04/09
Top CriticThe picture is brushed with a fine glaze of slickness, a product sealed in a blister pack. It's like airplane air -- it has a packaged freshness that isn't really fresh at all.
12/03/09
Top CriticOne-word reaction: bravo.
12/03/09
Top CriticHow often can you fault a wonderful comedy for an excess of humanity or plausibility?
12/03/09
Top CriticIt would be easy to make Ryan a louse or a hero who just needs a bit of armor polish. Clooney makes Ryan both ruthless and sympathetic.
12/03/09
Top CriticI don't know if it's the best movie of the year, but it's the most utterly enjoyable.
12/03/09
Top CriticThe film glides to a perfect landing, leaving several characters changed, one coldly untouched and nothing up in the air at all -- except, perhaps, the question of what this very talented crew is going to do next.
12/03/09
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