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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097363503149
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 14
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 097363503149
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 09, 2010
Running Time: 109 minutes
Studio: Paramount
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Product Description:
After his company saddles him with a new trainee, a downsizing expert questions his empty, on-the-road lifestyle and begins a relationship with a fell
Amazon.com:
Up in the Air transforms some painful subjects into smart, sly comedy--with just enough of the pain underneath to give it some weight. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) spends most of his days traveling around the country and firing people; he's hired by bosses who don't have the nerve to do their layoffs themselves. His life of constant flight suits him--he wants no attachments. But two things suddenly threaten his vacuum-sealed world: his company decides to do layoffs via video conference so they don't have to pay for travel, and Bingham meets a woman named Alex (Vera Farmiga, The Departed), who seems to be the female version of him… and of course, he starts to fall in love. Writer-director Jason Reitman is building a career from funny but thoughtful movies about compromised people--a pregnant teen in Juno, a cigarette-company executive in Thank You for Smoking. George Clooney has a gift for playing smart men who aren't quite as smart as they think they are (Michael Clayton, Out of Sight). The combination is perfect: Bingham is charming and sympathetic but clearly missing something, and Up in the Air captures that absence with clarity and compassion. The outstanding supporting cast includes Anna Kendrick (Rocket Science), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), Danny McBride (Pineapple Express), Melanie Lynskey (Away We Go), and others, each small part pitched exactly right. --Bret Fetzer
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I'm not a big George Clooney fan, so I didn't have high hopes for UP IN THE AIR. But, I am happy to report that I was pleasantly surprised. Clooney plays a professional employment termination specialist. He has become so accustomed to life on the road, he dreads any days at "home" off the road. Clooney is very good in the lead role and Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick both turn in great supporting performances.
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This is a fabulous movie about life. It has a lot of great travel tips for everyone. A great movie with George Clooney.
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After a while, it gets pretty tiring to have nearly every Hollywood movie either overtly or subtly suggest that real happiness lies in marriage and family. I love this movie because it asks us to consider that happiness is personal, not cookie-cutter. The protagonist loves his life of traveling and the lack of ties that go along with it. Some might see this as melancholy, and at times it is portrayed that way in the movie, but overall, it's clear that what most people want is not what the protagonist ... Read More
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Wanted to rent a comedy, I like George Clooney, what happened? This was make me want to jump off a bridge depressing. Their jobs are sad, their lives are worse and it has a an unpredictable ending that isn't what you want to walk out of a comedy with.
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The acting is terrific. I could have watched the three primary actors for hours more. Their interactions and realism was just great to watch. This is the deepest character that I have seen George Clooney play and it was a revelation. The two actresses, however, were perfect foils for his character - they were so good that it is hard to fathom someone else in these roles. This was as independent a Hollywood film as you are likely to find.
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