| Up in the Air |  | Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  205 reviews
Sales Rank: 449
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 097363503149
UPC: 097363503149
EAN: 0097363503149
Release Date: March 9, 2010
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Product Description
After his company saddles him with a new trainee, a downsizing expert questions his empty, on-the-road lifestyle and begins a relationship with a fell
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Up in the Air transforms some painful subjects into smart, sly comedy--with just enough of the pain underneath to give it some weight. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) spends most of his days traveling around the country and firing people; he's hired by bosses who don't have the nerve to do their layoffs themselves. His life of constant flight suits him--he wants no attachments. But two things suddenly threaten his vacuum-sealed world: his company decides to do layoffs via video conference so they don't have to pay for travel, and Bingham meets a woman named Alex (Vera Farmiga, The Departed), who seems to be the female version of him… and of course, he starts to fall in love. Writer-director Jason Reitman is building a career from funny but thoughtful movies about compromised people--a pregnant teen in Juno, a cigarette-company executive in Thank You for Smoking. George Clooney has a gift for playing smart men who aren't quite as smart as they think they are (Michael Clayton, Out of Sight). The combination is perfect: Bingham is charming and sympathetic but clearly missing something, and Up in the Air captures that absence with clarity and compassion. The outstanding supporting cast includes Anna Kendrick (Rocket Science), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Danny McBride (Pineapple Express), Melanie Lynskey (Away We Go), and others, each small part pitched exactly right. --Bret Fetzer
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Charming September 10, 2010
John Bowes (Oxford, MA USA)
Some great lines. A situation that makes the audience ask how does Clooney feel playing this role? Is he that guy? Nicely done.
 Sweet and Sour Irony September 7, 2010
J. C. Boakes (Westampton, NJ USA)
"UP IN THE AIR" is the film equitant of a large helping of "sweet and sour pork" - the points and counter-points of the story are symmetrically offset in so many interesting and surprising ways.
The self imposed, seeming simplistic and semi-nomadic life style of the central character Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) may well be the personification of the detachment of the later 20th century, when offered in directed juxtaposition to all of the other characters. The cold deliberateness of a skilled surgeon allows Bingham to execute his assignments without any concern for the pain his actions cause. A curious irony plays out when Bingham is effectively "hoisted with his own petard" as he is made obsolete by his employer's deployment of technology at the same time that he is attempting to "settle down".
I can't watch this film and not recall when I was fired from my job after many years of service. While I re-live the hurt, anger and betrayal as it is expressed on screen (coincidentally by actual unemployed people - not actors - who were recruited for the film production); I endorse another point of the film, that: termination can be a "rebirth" on both a personal and profession levels by providing a change in perspective and a freedom of expression which is often restricted by the standardization of the work environment.
The poignancy of the story may lose its edge, as the economy of 2009 improves - but the central theme of the story is a morality tail of modern life, and will continue to offer inspiration.
Pleasantly Surprised August 27, 2010
Cali Lando Brown
I'm not a big George Clooney fan, so I didn't have high hopes for UP IN THE AIR. But, I am happy to report that I was pleasantly surprised. Clooney plays a professional employment termination specialist. He has become so accustomed to life on the road, he dreads any days at "home" off the road. Clooney is very good in the lead role and Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick both turn in great supporting performances.
Life lessons August 27, 2010
Annette (LA)
This is a fabulous movie about life. It has a lot of great travel tips for everyone. A great movie with George Clooney.
Thoughtful look at something beyond the status quo August 19, 2010
citygal
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After a while, it gets pretty tiring to have nearly every Hollywood movie either overtly or subtly suggest that real happiness lies in marriage and family. I love this movie because it asks us to consider that happiness is personal, not cookie-cutter. The protagonist loves his life of traveling and the lack of ties that go along with it. Some might see this as melancholy, and at times it is portrayed that way in the movie, but overall, it's clear that what most people want is not what the protagonist wants. I love the realistic, insightful way that this different outlook on life is presented in this movie.
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