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10/22/09
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Up in the Air (2009)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:27
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.8/10
Genre: Comedies
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
This breezy and bittersweet drama carries dark resonance for a society caught in the middle of both recession and downsizing
10/22/09
It’s one of those rare mainstream Hollywood pictures that addresses contemporary issues gracefully.
09/14/09
The tension between the bleak and the blithe, the prime source of this movie’s strength, is sustained by Reitman to the end.
11/30/09
The increasingly slick Reitman...has the good sense to not slather every emotional beat in score and really seems to like his actresses.
09/20/09
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
Clooney -- slim, dark, perfectly tailored -- glamorizes insincerity in a way that makes you want to go out and lie.
11/30/09
...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
With this deft, witty, smart and soulful film, Reitman establishes himself as a modern purveyor of the same cinematic tradition as Frank Capra and Preston Sturges.
11/30/09
If anyone but George Clooney had played Ryan, we might not believe in (or like) him.
09/14/09
It deserves it and should stand up as one of 2009’s best pictures.
09/08/09
Latest News for Up in the Air
October 04, 2009:
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September 27, 2009:
New: View the Brand New Trailer Here.
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September 08, 2009:
Up in the Air, The Road Impress at Telluride
"Up in the Air" generated applause, "The Road" brought people to tears, and "Paranormal Activity" scared them half to death. This year's Telluride Film Festival is on the books,... More...
March 02, 2009:
Jason Bateman Goes Up in the Air
Jason Bateman has joined the cast of the Jason Reitman comedy "Up in the Air," signing on to play George Clooney's boss. More...
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