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Up in the Air, 2009
English
USA
Profile of Up in the Air
The mood of Up in the Air is bittersweet, clever, and sexy. The plot centers around estrangement, workplace situations, and themes of unfulfillment. It is an independent, drama, and comedy movie. Stylistically, Up in the Air includes a voice over, is talky, and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is the USA. Up in the Air happens in contemporary times. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed and a Golden Globe winner. Up in the Air is especially suggested for a date night. Note that it includes brief nudity, sexual content, and profanity.
Summary of Up in the Air
Fans of Jason Reitman's previous two features, Thank You for Smoking and Juno, will be both surprised and reassured by Up in the Air. When the film begins, it seems as if Reitman has merged the business world of Smoking with some of the warmer values in Juno, but within moments it becomes clear that he has sharpened his pen and delved into even more complex and timely psycho-social territory, bound to hit audiences right in the gut.Based on the novel by Walter Kirn (who also wrote Thumbsucker), Up in the Air offers darkly humorous insights into corporate America and male mid-life crisis. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is a “career transition consultant” – essentially someone who fires people for a living. Hired by downsizing firms to make the personal, well, impersonal, Ryan, in his perfectly tailored suits and professionally remote manner, aces the task. Ryan's one real emotional investment is in his mastery of business travel. His goal is to reach that elite echelon of travellers who have achieved the ten-million-mile mark.One day Ryan's boss, Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman), introduces him to their newest colleague, the aptly named Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), who wants to revolutionize the transition industry by using video conferencing out of corporate headquarters. Ryan is horrified, not only because this signals a trivialization of his skills, but also because his travel will stop. He offers to take Natalie on a road trip to show her how to “transition” face to face. As he mentors his new co-worker, he simultaneously juggles rendezvouses with Alex (Vera Farmiga), another business traveller who can match him club card for club card. What begins as a series of hotel hookups with Alex soon develops into something approaching a real relationship, and these emotional stirrings prompt Ryan to view the subjects of his firings in a new light.While smart, sexy and very funny, Reitman's film is so exquisitely timed, so filled with multi-faceted characters and plot twists, that it perfectly captures the zeitgeist of America's current social and economic turmoil. Clooney's performance exploits his deft comic skills but allows us a peek at the haunted poignancy of a man searching for a soul that he hopes is still there.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 5 September 2009 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
Cast and Crew
as Ryan Bingham
as Alex Goran
as Natalie Keener
as Craig Gregory
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- 10.June.2010
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- by: Matt
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- 22.May.2010
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- by: Phoebe Spanier
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