This movie is unlike ninety five percent of other films you have seen before. We are used to: good guy-bad guy movies, romantic comedies that end with a kiss, and happy endings for the protagonist.
In the film Up In The Air, the "good" guy is also the bad guy, there's romance, but it doesn't end with a kiss, and the happy ending. . . . . well, it just doesn't exist.
This film revolves around the life of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney). He is a corporate downsizing expert who spends 322 days a year flying to different cities and staying in luxurious hotel suites. He's made it his life's goal to hit ten million frequent flyer miles and become the seventh member of the elite Mile High Club.
Just as he is approaching his goal, his boss hired an arrogant young girl named Natalie (Anna Kendrick) who has developed a method of video conferencing to terminate employment without ever leaving the office.
So, determined to prove her theory wrong and unethical, he takes Natalie across the country on one of his firing expeditions. It is then that he starts to realize the downfalls to the way he lives his life.
This film is exactly as the title describes. It's hilarious. It's tragic. It's romantic. It's real. It's everything you would get from any other movie, but in a more unique and realistic way. Without giving anything else away, i will leave you with my rating for this film. . . . A very well deserved "A+"!
-Missy :)
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