I watched Up In The Air a few weeks back, and to tell you the truth, I’m still not quite sure what I think about..one might even say my opinion about this film is still Up in the Air.
It’s the story of Ryan Bingham who makes a living traveling all over the country firing people who have bosses who are too cowardly to do it themselves. Ryan (played by George Clooney) also delivers motivational speeches to extol the virtues of a life free of relationships with people and things. He spends most of his life traveling, and collecting frequent flyer miles (his life’s ambition is to obtain 10 million frequent flyer miles).
But when a new hot shot ambitious coworker named Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick) devises a plan which will allow him to do his job via web-cam over the internet, he’s suddenly is in jeopardy of losing the on-the-go unencumbered lifestyle he treasures.
Ryan convinces his boss (Jason Bateman) to allow him to take Natalie on the road with him to show her there is more to the job than just telling someone they are “fired”. Meanwhile, Ryan becomes involved in a casual relationship with fellow frequent flyer Alex (Vera Farmiga).
Over the course of their travels, Natalie discovers there is a great deal more involved in this job - it changes people’s lives forever. Ryan learns how completely empty his life really is without committed relationships with family, friends and someone to love.
This film is directed by Jason Reitman (son of famed director Ivan Reitman) and has been nominated for Best Picture and Reitman as Best Director (Reitman’s second directorial nomination).
Also nominated are: George Clooney for Best Actor in a leading role; and Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick both for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Clooney, Farmiga and Kendrick all give great, believable nomination worthy performances.
All in all (though it probably will never been one of my “I’d watch that over and over again” choices) it has a good plot, great acting and was worth (at least) a one-time viewing.
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