Up in the Air

Up In The Air (2009)

  • 91% of critics liked it
    (260 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (200,715 ratings)

Jason Reitman's adaptation of the novel Up in the Air tells the story of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), who makes his living personally handing out pink slips -- he's the top hatchet man at a company that other companies hire when they are downsizing. And since business is booming, his job… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 4, 2009 Wide
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Calhoun, Time Out

    It's a pleasure to watch an adult American comedy that tries to deal with the real world, however much of a fantasy it carves from it.

  • Lou Lumenick, New York Post

    The pitch-perfect direction by Jason Reitman perfectly balances comedy and drama.

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    Director Jason Reitman brings such splendid balance and nuance to Bingham's story that you can't hate the man; indeed you end up pitying him.

  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

    From taxi to touchdown, Reitman knows how to get us to the next destination.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    Jason Reitman's dry, moving "comedy," based on the Walter Kirn novel, is a sly indictment of Corporate America, Marketing America and Frequent Flying America.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    There's been a lot of unwarranted hype about this movie. It was not a romantic movie nor a dramatic movie. It was a bit much ado about nothing. But George is as swooney as ever. He never disappoints. He is hired to fire people and he clocks up airmiles as he travels across the… More

  • Directors C


    [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon13.gif[/img] Up in the Air is not an earth shattering drama we have not seen done before. George Clooney is great in his role as a heartless individual who eventually turns a new leaf to be a good man but we've seen… More

  • Albert K


    "Up in the Air" is an ensemble dramedy that evenly balances all of its narrative aspects and puts them together to make a deeply satisfying story of a damaged man. As you can probably tell, its magnificently directed with apt editing and an extremely clever and sharp script.… More

  • Jay H


    I've seen this film at least seven or eight times. It's one of my favorites because it blends together so many important emotional themes into a striking cinematic balance of drama and comedy that most anyone will enjoy and relate to. But also, having seen it as much as I… More

  • Jennifer X


    I think, I liked it a lot better the second time around. There's a genuine, emotional core to Clooney's flippant remarks about lifestyle and burn-baby-burn mentality that I didn't get so much the first time around. I have grown to really respect Jason Reitman as a… More

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