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Up in the Air

The story of a man ready to make a connection.

A bachelor and dedicated traveller is a hatchet man for hire: companies rope him in to fire their people when necessary. However complications arise when his boss hires him a new assistant, who proposes to fire people remotely, thus saving on all the travelling and expense. In order to make this work, she first has to learn how it's done in person, so the two of them go on the road (okay, plane) together. As time goes by, and emotions develop, they are forced to re-examine their lives. The film has won numerous awards already.

111 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language)
Crime, Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey

Director

Jason Reitman

Screenplay

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, from the novel by Walter Kim

Music

Rolfe Kent

Cinematography

Eric Steelberg

Editing

Dana E. Glauberman

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Paramount Pictures, Cold Spring Pictures, DW Studios, The Montecito Picture Company, Rickshaw Productions, Right of Way Films

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Moderate, frequent
Nudity	One scene, non-sexual context
Sex	Frequent sexual innuendo, infrequent sexual behaviour
Violence	none
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Some, infrequent, mild
Drug abuse	Social alcohol
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith It's a breath of fresh air

Die BurgerLaetitia Pople Geen komdie dié oor werkverlies in Amerika

Cape TimesKenneth Turan Get ready to soar

International Media

Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond Up In The Air is certain to draw hearty crowds and major award season attention. It deserves it and should stand up as one of 2009’s best pictures.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs One of the best offerings of 2009 and clearly one of my favorites, one should book a flight with Up in the Air as soon as possible and then enjoy both the journey and the intellectual and emotional destination to which it will take you.

Metacritic.com36 critics

RottenTomatoes.com226 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Led by charismatic performances by its three leads, director Jason Reitman delivers a smart blend of humor and emotion with just enough edge for mainstream audiences.

Internet (IMDB)21828 Netizens Another hit from the Director of Juno, Jason Reitman

Average .. 81%

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