Up in the Air
Up in the Air
R | 04 December 2009 (USA)
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Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.

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ThiefHott

Too much of everything

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Wordiezett

So much average

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FirstWitch

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Kien Navarro

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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merelyaninnuendo

Up In The AirThe context that it follows up to is set in a back tone where it builds up sub-consciously and grows into this behemoth emotional connection among the viewers that fuels up the feature throughout the course of it. The writer is aware of its self-created characters and stays true to their nature which is utterly palpable to its tone. One of the primary reason why it charms away swiftly, is the light humour that is present among the characters and are for the characters and not for the audience and still is immensely pleasuring to encounter. A smart adaptation by Jason Reitman that offers gripping and genuinely justified plot tracks and addition to that his brilliant execution skills that is more than a forwards pass in this almost 110 minutes of a game. George Clooney has got it all covered on performance objective and is supported by a great cast like Verga Farmiga and Anna Kendrick. There is a bit of myth in the air installed in this sensibly diplomatic world which opens this portal towards the "super-ness" for the protagonist who has both pros and cons towards his untamable powers and makes it more colossal than one could ever hope for. Up In The Air is the perfect balance of plot-driven and character-driven feature that is a revelation in its own genre where the viewers flies supreme, perpetual and omnipotent.

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serafinogm

Multinational companies have no loyalties, not to nations, not to people, just to the bottom line! Those who "manage" these multinational sociopathic organizations pillage what they can so they never have to "work" again (e.g. Jack Welch)! This movie aptly demonstrates that the business model of the day (the neo-feudal model) cares not where they get their workers nor do they care where they get their customers, they just want to keep the elite happy while the managing sub-elite take what they can (e.g. stock options they can exercise for zero dollars) doing what they must to remain in power so they can plunder what they can for as long as they can! It's a race to the bottom for the 98% and an orgy of gluttony for the top 2%! The rest of us are or have become serfs or worse slaves and we bend over take our severance packages (if any at all) and roll over like the good dogs we are! Great movie for exposing this reality! Anna learn how to cry convincingly, that attempt was pathetic! There is a scene with Vera and George that grabs one's attention and George had little to do with it!

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Mammad_Garakhanli

l think that movie is a great example of less comedy and more drama. But it is kind of different. RigorousIt Ryan Bingham and his lover crazy Alex is very exciting and must have watch. Up in the air is a great movie of George Clooney and Anna Kendrick. It must have watch before dying.

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Phillip Charles

Up In The Air is directed by Jason Reitman, is based on the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn, and is so severely underrated.Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) travels more than three hundred days a year going to companies and firing the people within them. His job and his airborne lifestyle are jeopardised by Cornell graduate, Natalie (Anna Kendrick), who seeks to revolutionise the industry through replacing the face to face interactions of laying off people with a web chat system. Clooney is tasked with introducing Natalie with the nature of his work.Bingham's life revolves around distance; his job, where he delivers the bad news but without connection or care for the consequences; his constant flying from airport to airport; his lack of a home or family or friends; his cynical dismantling of the idea of marriage; his fixation on flying miles; even his use of text messaging and avoidance of phone calls. There's something ironic in how he cherishes 'Loyalty' to frequent flyer clubs but not to individuals.The bubbly, optimistic Anna Kendrick and the professional, pragmatic George Clooney have a great dynamic contrast and great chemistry too.The melancholy soundtrack complements the superficial nature of his life. The acoustic guitar and the almost moaning quality of the singing can be forlorn and tragic. Alex (Vera Farmiga), Bingham's love interest, reveals to him in more ways than one that he may enjoy life with somebody else. The vibrant scenes of the sister's wedding have warm colours and a hand-held camera which brings excitement and fullness to a life contrasted with coldness.In many of the scenes where Bingham was 'doing his job' Reitman had non-actors, who were recently laid off themselves, share their emotions on screen. One million Americans had lost their jobs the previous year - people treated distantly by companies they had devoted their lives, their loyalty to; people whom others relied on and who relied on others to survive these trying, turbulent periods in their lives.This film is about the value we put upon our relationships. Through it, we see what it would be like if we '...decided to live hub to hub with nothing, with nobody' (Jason Reitman). It may seem thrilling at first. In reality, unlike what Bingham says in his seminars, we humans are not sharks who live in solitude. We survive on support, love and loyalty. Bingham begins to realise this as he explains to a man considering to follow a similar path, that the memories we cherish are often ones we have shared.

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