Overview
George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as Ryan is about to reach his life-long goal of the ten million mile frequent flyer mark some major changes come his way. Changes that threaten to crack the cold heartless exterior that is Ryan Bingham.
The one thing I had heard about it was that it is 2 hours of product placements. This is true like no other movie that I have ever watched. They had whole conversations about products. Worse, they took it to a new level by throwing the competitors under the bus. Anyway, the first half of the movie was rather uneventful. I always do enjoy George Clooney and Vera Farmiga was fantastic but the story was rather bland. However, the story really picked up in the second half and the ending was actually excellent. I still can’t fathom how Anna Kendrick got Oscar attention for playing miserable/whiney girl. She had two memorable lines in the whole movie.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Up in the Air
Movie title: Up in the Air
Movie description: George Clooney plays the dry cynical character of Ryan Bingham, an executive who specializes in "downsizing". Ryan lives out of his suitcase, traveling the country for the sole purpose terminating unwanted employees day after day. Just as Ryan is about to reach his life-long goal of the ten million mile frequent flyer mark some major changes come his way. Changes that threaten to crack the cold heartless exterior that is Ryan Bingham.
Date published: 2010-02-27
Director(s): Jason Reitman
Actor(s): George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Danny McBride, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, Zach Galifianakis, J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, Tamala Jones, Adhir Kalyan, Keri Maletto, Steve Eastin, Adrienne Lamping, Chris Lowell, Erin McGrane
Genre: Drama, Romance
My Review
The one thing I had heard about it was that it is 2 hours of product placements. This is true like no other movie that I have ever watched. They had whole conversations about products. Worse, they took it to a new level by throwing the competitors under the bus. Anyway, the first half of the movie was rather uneventful. I always do enjoy George Clooney and Vera Farmiga was fantastic but the story was rather bland. However, the story really picked up in the second half and the ending was actually excellent. I still can’t fathom how Anna Kendrick got Oscar attention for playing miserable/whiney girl. She had two memorable lines in the whole movie.
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My Review - 8.5/10
8.5/10