
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles, and just after he's met the frequent-traveller woman of his dreams.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles, and just after he's met the frequent-traveller woman of his dreams.
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| The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberIt's rare for a movie to be at once so biting and so moving. If Ryan's future seems bleak, there's something exhilarating about a movie made with such clear-eyed intelligence. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanUp in the Air is light and dark, hilarious and tragic, romantic and real. It's everything that Hollywood has forgotten how to do; we're blessed that Jason Reitman has remembered |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertUp in the Air takes the trust people once had in their jobs and pulls out the rug. It is a film for this time. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyRyan may not be admirable, but Clooney makes him relatable. It's his deepest and nakedest performance. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezUp in the Air is also optimistic about the perpetual themes that preoccupy so many movies that endure the test of time: Life is better with company. And everybody needs a co-pilot. |
| San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliCrisply funny and fleetly paced, it's in its quiet way one of the saddest things in the theaters all year. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigTimeliness can be tricky to pull off convincingly in movies. It's tough to capture an era while it's still happening, yet Up in the Air does so brilliantly, with wit and humanity. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayA smart, alert, supremely entertaining movie. |
| New York PostLou LumenickOne of the year's best films and so tapped into the zeitgeist that it's positively scary. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranUp in the Air makes it look easy. Not just in its casual and apparently effortless excellence, but in its ability to blend entertainment and insight, comedy and poignancy, even drama and reality, things that are difficult by themselves but a whole lot harder in combination. This film does all that and never seems to break a sweat. |