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83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critics What's this?

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 339 Ratings

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  • Starring: Anna Kendrick, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga
  • Summary: Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. (Paramount Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    100
    It's rare for a movie to be at once so biting and so moving. If Ryan's future seems bleak, there's something exhilarating about a movie made with such clear-eyed intelligence.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Up in the Air takes the trust people once had in their jobs and pulls out the rug. It is a film for this time.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    50
    Comes off not as topical but as opportunist. The picture is brushed with a fine glaze of slickness, a product sealed in a blister pack. It's like airplane air -- it has a packaged freshness that isn't really fresh at all.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 117 out of 173
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 173
  3. Negative: 38 out of 173
  1. grandpajoe6191
    8
    What "Up in the Air" wants us to do is not to watch in boredom equipped with popcorn, but to understand the emotion and the characters the movie has to present to us.… Expand
    • 5 of 5 users said yes
  2. DavidC
    5
    As mediocre as movies get. Jason Reitman's worst movie to date. Thank you for smoking is a far superior movie in every way and I don9;t remember much oscar buzz surrounding that. Ridiculous hype, do not believe it.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DavidH.
    3
    Character development?
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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