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Up in the Air

2009

Jason Reitman

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman ...

6.5

52,154

Comedy. Drama Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Up in the Air takes the trust people once had in their jobs and pulls out the rug. It is a film for this time (...) This isn't a comedy. If it were, it would be hard to laugh in these last days of 2009. Nor is it a tragedy. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Laughs and heartbreak meld seamlessly in this brilliant character drama. (...) It's rare for a movie to be at once so biting and so moving."	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"One of the pleasures of 'Up in the Air' is that its actresses (...) share the frame with Mr. Clooney as equals, not props."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"A rare and sparkling gem of a movie, (...) is light and dark, hilarious and tragic, romantic and real. It's everything that Hollywood has forgotten how to do; we're blessed that Jason Reitman has remembered."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"As for Clooney, the role is just right for him. It is amiable, genial, yet sophisticated (...) There's nothing too profound here, and yet it works well as a smart, light cosmopolitan comedy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Anthony Quinn The Independent	"[It] is consistently entertaining, though it coasts through a long middle and towards the end threatens to take a nose-dive into sentimentality"	NEU
United States	Matt Goldberg Collider	"It makes air travel look appealing and will have you cheering for a guy whose job is to bring misery into the world"	POS
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"[A] warm, smoothly made comedy (...) At its best, 'Up in the Air' invents new realms for old Hollywood sophistication (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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