George Clooney is dreamy. Let’s just get that out of the way now. Close your eyes for a minute and imagine him running his hands up your thigh.
Now open your eyes.
Did you get it out of your system? If not stop reading. I don’t want to spend all of this time reviewing Up In The Air and all you’re thinking about is George Clooney undressing you.
For those of you not thinking about Clooney, we can talk about the movie. Wait, actually, I’m still thinking about Clooney. Give me a second.
Okay, okay. So I saw Up In The Air and I’m surprised by all of the acclaim it is receiving. Not to say that the film isn’t good. It is a good movie. It’s definitely one of the better films of the year. I hesitate to put it in the best category because it’s somewhat generic and formulaic.
Ryan, played by Clooney, travels around the U.S. firing people. He loves to travel. He loves to keep himself isolated. He doesn’t want to make a connection with anyone. He doesn’t even talk to his family. He hates to go home. He’s the guy that tries so hard not to love or have any real relationships. So I think you get the picture. We’ve seen it before.
So I think you can guess what’s going to happen, right?
If you said he’s going to fall in love, then you win a special prize. (Another few seconds of thinking about Clooney. This time he’s gone past your thigh…)
Back to the review.
The movie is based on the Walter Kim book of the same name. I haven’t read it, which seems to be par for the course when it comes to films based on movies. (Black Beard’s the reader.) The dialogue is clever, which isn’t a surprise with Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You For Smoking) as writer/director.
My problem with Up In The Air is the same one I had with Juno, another good film that got more credit than it deserved. Lucky for Reitman, Clooney saves the film. I think this movie would easily fall flat on its face without an actor as charming as Clooney.
Bottom Line: See Up In The Air and enjoy it, but don’t expect it to be the greatest film of the year, because it’s not. It’s just this year’s As Good As It Gets. And next year when we see the same story again but this time in an underwater setting, don’t begin to hail that film as the next Citizen Kane.
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