This is a movie review for "Up In The Air", released September 5, 2009 at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, USA. I watched this on February 5, 2020 via Vudu.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Run Time: 1 Hour and 49 Minutes
Trailer
Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated
Notable Cast
George Clooney ... Ryan Bingham
Vera Farmiga ... Alex Goran
Anna Kendrick ... Natalie Keener
Plot
Ryan Bingham is a professional that travels across the country to help supervisors/bosses fire their employees. He smoothes it over and gives the newly fired person support, though they usually don't call him. After firing the employee, he packs up his bag and moves on to the next firing.
Ryan's boss tells him, one day, that they will be minimizing the staff flying out to these firing sessions because it is getting costly to send them out. He convinces his boss that the personal touch is necessary, so his boss gives him the task of showing a new employee how to do his job. Will he convince his boss to let him stay on as flying to each firing session? Will the new girl be able to handle the pressure? Can Ryan connect with his family while he is on the road?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3/5 - *SPOILERS*
This was a "comedy drama" that was disappointing (especially wasn't very funny). It was more drama than anything.
As for the "romance" part of the movie, at the end, it turned out that Alex, Ryan's fling that is also a traveler, also had a family and was living a double-life. It was was terrible of her to string him along and then, to top it off, she says that she is "an adult" and he needs to grow up.
I thought it was great that he was able to send world-wide travel tickets to his sister but we never saw her reaction.
I was glad to see Natalie trying to do what she wanted to before Brian and that Ryan supported her as a reference.
It was sad to see Ryan get his 10 million miles and it being bland like "oh shit… well, that happened". I kinda wanted to see him go where he wanted to go with all of his miles or to be more active in his family's life but it just ended with a "well, I guess I will be in the air". I do like that the whole "supportive of family" came out at the end.
I liked that it talked about how to get through the tough times after being fired/unemployed. Considering how the movie came out in 2009 when the economy was crap, it might have been hard to watch because it would have hit very close to home but at the same time it could have been a breather and a reminder that "we're all in this together and there is purpose to live aside your job".
Typing this at the end of December 2020, I find it ironic that I had watched this movie about 40 days before the pandemic hit the world. Maybe it was a reminder to say that humans can get through a lot of sh*t? It was definitely coincidental but still...
Anyways, that's my movie review. I personally am content with only watching this movie once and never again, but that's just me. Thanks for reading! More reviews to come eventually.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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