Up in the Air follows Ryan Binham (George Clooney) as he is sent to offices to fire their workers. George Clooney gives a wonderful performance as he dwells into the loneliness of his character. Also, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga give their Oscar worthy performances as Natalie Keener and Alex Goran respectively. The cast is rounded out by memorable performances from Jason Bateman, J.K. Simmons, Sam Elliott, Danny McBride, and Zach Galifanakis.One of the other reasons why this film is one of Reitman's best is the personal nature of the story. Reitman used clips of real people being actually fired, and this helps add to the sincerity of the film. One of the most memorable aspects of the film is the theme of friendship and family. The fired workers talked about how their friends and family helped them through the tough time, and even Bingham himself admitted his most important moments in life included other people.

Short and Simple Review by WubsTheFadgerGeorge Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Bateman all perform well. The story has a good mix of drama, comedy, and romance. The pacing can be a little slow, but the good acting helps push it through.The runtime is a little bit overlong but the ending does have some power behind it.Pros: Good acting, the mixture between drama, comedy, and romance are fluid, and a powerful endingCons: Overlong runtime and slow pacingOverall Rating: 7.2/10

i watched this movie falling for this reviews but all i can think of... huh? I repeat the line from movie 'whats the point ?' The movie has nothing of story ,The story follow a perfect man traveling to all this Nice locations to FIRE People WITHOUT REASON , Not a single time they tell the reason why they are firing , george clooney fly from here to there for firing people and claims the air is my home , for the first part of the film we get nice glimpse of perfect travel guy with a hidden target to fly 10,000 Million miles, then he meet Alex(vera farmiga) and fall for each other over their club cards collection, then new girl natalie (ana kendric) who offer them new revolutionary new technology WEB CAM YES! Correct to a webcam to fire people and follow the E-R Diagram for any situation , as ryan feel threaten by natalie decide to show her real job and the capture photo of his sister with her fiancé for wedding then we follow Alex and ryan to this wedding where the groom gets cold feet , forced by his sister ryan talk to him to make him calm and ready to marry realising that he also want to settle , change his whole philosophy and wanted to get married to Alex , he rush to see her only know she is married alerady and have 2 kids she breakup with him then someone commit suicide fire by natalie she feel guilty , leaves the job get another job because ryans glowing recommendation letter , then he gets silver card for traveling his dream target and movie ends with unrelated quote and he traveling to unknown location THE END?!The movie is so bad with no actual finish and just feel complete nonsense . The movie is very good if you have weird obsession with George clooney or fetish for suits then this movie is treat for you but if you are nice decent person DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME .!

"Up In The Air" is about "Ryan Bingham" (George Clooney) who works for a human resources consultancy firm which specialises in firing people. "Ryan Bingham" has an apartment, but is rarely ever there due to him travelling via plane constantly and living out of hotels 95% of the time. He is a likable character, and we're introduced to a few other characters who enter his life."Ryan" gives a good speech at the beginning of the movie about minimalism as a lifestyle choice, it's a positive speech and as a minimalist myself who does not like to own a lot of things i get where this character is coming from, but his viewpoint is subjective, a lot of people like to have lots of things and there's nothing wrong with that, however "Ryan" continues with more great points about how the mind can become emotionally cluttered if a person has unnecessary stuff.There is not much to this film, the plot is not common which makes a change, but the movie just drags on, it's only about an hour and forty minutes, but it feels more like two and a half hours long, this cine is slow-paced most of the time. I was shocked when i read that this motion picture received critical acclaim and that it was nominated for all these Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards, good grief the film isn't THAT good.The performances are decent, this is not a comedy movie even though it's half-labelled that, it isn't funny in the slightest, "Up In The Air" is definitely a drama and not a very good one at that. Whether it's the editing, writing or directing - it is just not interesting enough to be entertaining.There is a shocking unexpected plot-twist which is the best part of the entire film, "Ryan" is depicted as being a little bit of a player, but we find out by the end that he is the one who is actually getting played. We find out that the lady who he is dating (and not just sleeping with, he takes her to meet his family - sisters and soon to be brother in law) is actually married with kids, during their fling she never once tells him about them (yes the relationship was rushed, but a married person should tell the potential lover of their circumstance being going into a fling) and then she has the cheek to talk down to him on the phone talking about "don't mess with me or my family!" excuse me??!! you just strung this poor man along for all this time, met his family and acted like his girlfriend, and YOU have the nerve to get angry at HIM?? she tells him that he is just an "escape" (talk about selfish) they end the conversation with her telling him "as soon as you know what you want, call me" like he's the one with the problem, it's clear that the movie is about "Ryan Bingham", but he is not to blame for every single wrong thing that goes on around him.The ending is a bit depressing as it's strongly depicted that "Ryan" is going to go back to his travel for a living life (because he previously was thinking about settling down with the lady who he thought was 100% serious about him) and it makes him look as though he's a very lonely person. The ending is very misleading, travelling for a living doesn't make you lonely, it's your mindset, there's nothing wrong with being single and living out of hotels, and he may easily meet another lady in the future that's right for him."Up In The Air" is only worth watching once.