Up In The Air

Year: 2009

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Reitman

Review

not as good as the oscar hype it’s getting would suggest, but pretty good anyway. it’s about a guy whose job it is to fire people, generally as part of big corporate layoffs. he travels the country/globe so he doesn’t really have a home, nor does he have the family and friends that usually go along with that kind of stability. vera farmiga is good once again, this time as a kindred road spirit who befriends clooney. the title refers both to where he spends much of his life as well as the state of limbo his life seems to be in during the film. it has good comic relief and some nice little life commentary that will get you thinking a bit. mostly, though, this film will be remembered because of the two idiots in the front row who laughed, talked and threw popcorn at the screen for 3/4 of the film. not sure if the guy was showing off for his girlfriend or if he was just born dumb. worthless.

Watched in theater