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Up in the Air (2009)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:31
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.5/10
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
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4/5 |
This breezy and bittersweet drama carries dark resonance for a society caught in the middle of both recession and downsizing Full Review |
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It’s one of those rare mainstream Hollywood pictures that addresses contemporary issues gracefully. Full Review |
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Like Juno, Up in the Air conjures a troubling reality and then wishes it away. Full Review |
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90/100 |
Though it's far from perfect, Up in the Air is without a doubt Jason Reitman's most mature film to date. In other words, it's his least flawed. A filmmaker who is certainly in tune with his generation, Reitman gives prominent roles to Blackberry an Full Review |
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Only seriously deluded people could enjoy Reitman’s funny-sad whiplash. He’s playing that same Hollywood game: keeping people ignorant of political economy. Full Review |
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Funny and poignant tale similar to director Jason Reitman's two earlier efforts, Thank You for Smoking and Juno, but more mature, less snarky. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Reitman, who also cowrote the screenplay, feels the constant need to “deepen” his characters, granting them wants and motivations -- especially during the moralistic third act -- that are totally alien to how they’re initially portrayed. Full Review |
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Today, this story of people who are hired to fire other people brings a timely punch to the gut that, almost by accident, adds a resonance that's hard to shake. Full Review |
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10/10 |
The highest compliment for Up in the Air is it's not looking back on this era of insanity, ineptitude, and seesawing hope. Instead, this magnificent film has captured, with nonstop laughter and a few tears, our times while they're actually happening. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Nobody gets offended, nothing gets questioned, the crowd goes home properly cheered. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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The tension between the bleak and the blithe, the prime source of this movie’s strength, is sustained by Reitman to the end. Full Review |
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Clooney -- slim, dark, perfectly tailored -- glamorizes insincerity in a way that makes you want to go out and lie. Full Review |
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This 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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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A- |
As a send-up of both technology and the myth of the happy bachelor, 'Up in the Air' is fly. Full Review |
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The kind of feel-good film about bad news that has been winning Oscars for decades. Full Review |
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5/5 |
One of the year's very best films from one of Hollywood's very best young directors. Full Review |
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A- |
The ensemble acting works smoothly, and the dialog and editing move the narrative along a well paced 109 minute route. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Up in the Air
October 04, 2009:
Trailer & Poster review 
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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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