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I've just seen the most eloquent, affecting and altogether best film of 2009...so far. Yes, better than my beloved The Hurt Locker. If it doesn't win the Best Picture Oscar next February...well, okay...I'll live. Jason Reitman will live, George Clooney will live, Paramount publicity will live, Brad Grey will live, your family and friends will live, and the sun will come up the next day.

(l. to r.) Vera Farmiga, George Clooney, Anna Kendrick in Jason Reitman's Up In The Air.

But Up In The Air really has it all -- recognizable human-scale truth, clarity, smart comfort, the right degree of restraint (i.e., knowing how not to push it), and -- this got me more than anything else -- a penetrating, almost unnerving sense of quiet.

This is one of the calmest and most unforced this-is-who-we-are, what-we-need and what-we're-all-afraid-of-in-the-workplace movies that I've ever seen. From an American, I should say. (The Europeans have almost made job-anxiety films into a genre -- i.e., Laurent Cantet's Time Out, etc.) But I would guess that Up In The Air will play very, very well in Paris. It's a film that walks and talks it and knows it every step of the way. Work, adulthood, asking the questions that matter, compassion, family, stick-your-neck-out, etc. The whole package. With an almost profound lack of Hollywood bullshit and jerk-offery. And a kind of Brokeback Mountain-y theme at the finale -- i.e., "move it or lose it."

Up In The Air doesn't tell you what to feel -- it lets you feel what it is. All the best movies do that. They don't sell or pitch -- they just lay it down on the Oriental carpet and say to the viewer, "We've got a good thing here, and if you agree, fine. And if you don't, go with God."

You know what? The hell with that attitude. If you really watch and let this movie in and then say, as a friend of a good friend said after watching it in Telluride a few days ago, "I don't know...it's nice but it's more like an okay ground-rule double than a homer," then due respect but you're the kind of person who likes candied popcorn and Strawberry Twizzlers and feel-good pills. No offense.

Variety's Todd McCarthy called it "a slickly engaging piece of lightweight existentialism." That's an unfair and inappropriate characterization. There's a difference between lightweight and having the goods and taking it easy and laying it on gradually.

The thing that puts Up In The Air over is that it's about right effin' now, which is to say the uncertain and fearful Great Recession current of 2009. Reitman has been working on it for six years, and if it had come out last September -- just as the bad news about what those greedy selfish banking bastards had done was being announced and everyone started to mutter "uh-oh" to themselves -- it wouldn't be reflecting the cultural what-have-you as much as it is now. And yet it never alludes to anything that specific. It doesn't have to.

We all know about the story by now. Ryan Bingham (Clooney) is a kind of lightweight Zen smoothie who specializes in gently firing people when their bosses are too chicken to do it themselves. He doesn't just like travelling around in business class seats and staying in nice hotels -- he relishes the sense of belonging and security that he gets from being constantly in motion and never digging into a life of his own. And it's easy to spot the arc -- i.e., will Ryan find some way to let go of skimming along and maybe go for a little soul infusion?

The basic story propellant comes from two women who represent a certain kind of change/growth/threat element -- Alex (Vera Farmiga), a fellow traveller who's an exact replica of Bingham save for her sexuality, and with whom he strikes up a nice groove-on relationship in the film's beginning, and Natalie (Anna Kendrick), a hamster-sized junor exec type who 's sold Ryan's boss (Jason Bateman) on whacking people through a video conferencing system rather than face-to-face.

But I don't want to get into the story more than that. What happens, happens for the right reasons. The main thing is that none of the developments feel the least bit ungenuine. And I will square off with anyone who says the ending isn't sufficiently "happy." Anyone who doesn't realize that Clooney is quite another man and open to the next good thing at the finale simply hasn't been paying attention.

There are many witnesses in this film a la Reds -- real-life people who've been laid off and are facing the abyss in more ways than one -- and I've already read complaints that Reitman overplays this card. I respectfully disagree. The clips appear symmetrically (i.e., at the beginning and end), and have an added weight at the finale. "Repetition" doesn't necessarily mean "repetitiously."

I'm really glad I caught Up In The Air at the beginning of the second wave -- i.e., immediately post-Telluride. By the time it comes out on 11.13.09 it'll be something else, and by that I mean the movie that snarkers will be looking to shoot down just to do that. Snarkers are so reprehensible. They pummel and flatten things down and rob them of their fresh-soil beauty.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 11, 2009 at 10:16 AM

comment #1

Mr. F. says ...

Wow... wasn't expecting such a rave from you, Wells. (I haven't seen the movie yet, but based on most of the other reviews I've read, it's a very-good-not-great movie)

Great to hear, though -- this is probably the movie I'm most excited to see in the next few months. But good lord, I hope and pray that audiences give this movie a chance, and don't play the "looks too slow and boring" card. (I'm a little worried they might, based on your review.)

Some movies are lucky to hit at just the right time -- sounds like this is one of them. Can't wait.

Posted by Mr. F. at September 11, 2009 12:00 PM

comment #2

Gabriel says ...

Shit....now I HAVE to put aside my "Juno" abhorrence and case of the "m'eh"s toward "TYFS" and see this film.

Posted by Gabriel at September 11, 2009 12:02 PM

comment #3

jackfly11 says ...

Wait, what? I like strawberry twizzlers. Does this mean I won't love the movie??

Posted by jackfly11 at September 11, 2009 12:16 PM

comment #4

Colin says ...

It will be interesting to see how Up in the Air will play out against The Road.

Posted by Colin at September 11, 2009 12:17 PM

comment #5

DeafBrownTrashPunk says ...

I also thought "wow" while reading this review. Better than THE HURT LOCKER? Holy shit...

Posted by DeafBrownTrashPunk at September 11, 2009 12:19 PM

comment #6

p.Vice says ...

Are you fucking kidding Jeff?

"You know what? The hell with that attitude. If you really watch and let this movie in and then say, as a friend of a good friend said after watching it in Telluride a few days ago, "I don't know...it's nice but it's more like an okay ground-rule double than a homer," then due respect but you're the kind of person who likes candied popcorn and Strawberry Twizzlers and feel-good pills. No offense."

So aside from the purging of snark and bad attitude on Hollywood Elsewhere, the moral of the story is that you're a fucking asshole if you don't like the same bullshit corporate cliches as Mr. Jeffrey Wells. He can't take it but he sure can dish in spades.

Sorry, but I can't see a reason why a Wells endorsement isn't reason to avoid said movie altogether these days.

Wells to HE readership: This is exactly the kind of cheap snark I said a few days ago that I wouldn't tolerate any more. This is the final P.Vice posting -- he's gone.

Posted by p.Vice at September 11, 2009 12:19 PM

comment #7

Jeffrey Wells says ...

All right, that's it, dammit -- that's really it for P.Vice. Goldfinger Aston Martin ejector seat!

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at September 11, 2009 12:23 PM

comment #8

LexG says ...

WHITE MAN MOVIE ALERT!

Christ, could critics be any more WHITE? This sounds like straight-up Beverly Hills, Brentwood, midlife crisis, neo-Kasdan WHITE MAN shit for WHITE GUYS who ONLY TALK TO WHITE PEOPLE and have NEVER LISTENED TO HIP-HOP and have NO STREET CRED and only see movies at the Grove and the AMC Century City where they know they'll only have to sit next to other WHITE PEOPLE and then they can go to WHOLE FOODS and TRADER JOE'S afterwards while drinking iced coffee.

This is the movie that Brendan Fraser and Sandra Bullock would've just seen in CRASH.

In other words, this is KEN TURAN'S DREAM MOVIE.

Christ, Clooney, make a movie set in the barrio or in multi-ethnic Miami with glowering dudes in sunglasses firing off guns and snorting yey.

WHITE MAN MOVIE ALERT. Come on, Wells, get gangsta or some shit.

This shit is straight fucking Kasdan. Only people that'll relate to it are upper-crust NYC and Brentwood snobs who've cocooned themselves away from Emo scene kids, Filipino teenagers, vatos, hip-hop, Armenian car culture, Korean party girls, etc. etc etc.

Ie, rich white kids like Jason Reitman who wouldn't know the mean streets from a fucking slip-n-slide.

This movie is for WHITE SNOBS.

Posted by LexG at September 11, 2009 12:24 PM

comment #9

Jeffrey Wells says ...

Wells to LexG: More cheap snark. There are people of color in this film who hurt just as badly as anyone else if not more so, you uninformed lout.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at September 11, 2009 12:28 PM

comment #10

Geoff says ...

Hey Lex, what if Denzel Washington was the star? Could it work?

Posted by Geoff at September 11, 2009 12:28 PM

comment #11

Jeffrey Wells says ...

I eat Strawberry Twizzlers from time to time, but I don't really like them. And every time I finish a pack off I hate myself or giving in.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at September 11, 2009 12:34 PM

comment #12

LexG says ...

Well, I'm sure it'll do well, I'm sure it's fine, but I guarantee when I see it at the multiplex, the "popcorn munchers" will be talking and shuffling ALL THE WAY through it, as "calm" doesn't play with big crowds of everyday moviegoers.

I'm sure there are people of color in it somewhere, but probably no coincidence that shelter rich millionaire's son Reitman casts white folks in the name roles.

Unrelated, I have an AIRTIGHT theory that the only movies, good or bad, that get rewatched in future years are movies with guns and violence, or BROAD comedies. Things like this are all the rage at Oscar time then are never heard from again.

Whereas Hurt Locker will be on constant DVD loop for decades. This'll be the ACCIDENTAL TOURIST or BIG CHILL or GRAND CANYON of '09. Something that NO ONE wants to watch today.

Does Reitman film it all through butterscotch as usual?

Posted by LexG at September 11, 2009 12:34 PM

comment #13

DavidF says ...

I really wanna see this but one thing it doesn't have is a good trailer.

And if I may nitpick, Jason Reitman is Canadian, not American.

Posted by DavidF at September 11, 2009 12:35 PM

comment #14

Travis Crabtree says ...

Sadly none of you will be able to see this film. I just found out that it was directed by the same guy that directed that awful "Juno", which, as I've mentioned before, was not only the worst movie ever made, but a worse thing in general than the Holocaust, the Stalinist purges, bubonic plague and AIDS combined, and which was written by that bitch Diablo Cody who should be set on fire while being riddled with machine gun fire.
Therefore I've tracked down every copy of "Up in the Air" as well as the camera neg and set them on fire.
Forget it ever existed. Sorry.
- Typical HE Reader

Posted by Travis Crabtree at September 11, 2009 12:40 PM

comment #15

Jeffrey Wells says ...

Whatever...a North American. Howz that?

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at September 11, 2009 12:40 PM

comment #16

Travis Crabtree says ...

(kidding aside)

It's a bit frustrating. Now I really want to see the film, but I don't want to read what Jeffrey just wrote about it. Not that there are any spoilers, it's just that I prefer going in cold.

In fact, I'm really looking forward to coming back here and reading the above post in its entirety right after seeing the film.

Good to hear that it's good.

Posted by Travis Crabtree at September 11, 2009 12:43 PM

comment #17

Travis Crabtree says ...

Wells...... was that Twizzlers bit a parody of the classic "off-topic" posts on HE?

Nice!

Well done, sir.

Posted by Travis Crabtree at September 11, 2009 12:44 PM

comment #18

Kristopher Tapley says ...

FYI, the release date was bumped up to mid-November.

Really glad you liked it. Hopefully the "dripping" didn't bother you.

Posted by Kristopher Tapley at September 11, 2009 12:45 PM

comment #19

anonymous2 says ...

LexG: "This is the movie that Brendan Fraser and Sandra Bullock would've just seen in CRASH."

That's hilarious. But it's probably the movie they watch, then go and tell their friends about because they're more 'with it' and want to feel more 'with it' than the rest of their friends.

I expect to enjoy the movie but can't imagine thinking its the best of the year even with my clooney love. Lex is probably right, it won't age well.

Glad you had a good movie experience even with some high expectations. Now, what about that rumored butt shot?

Posted by anonymous2 at September 11, 2009 12:51 PM

comment #20

Jack South P.I. says ...

I just finished reading Walter Kirn's novel and highly encourage anyone interested to check it out. Thematically similiar to Joshua Ferris' AND THEN WE CAME TO THE END and Max Barry's COMPANY but better written than both. Really sharp satire with nary a word wasted.

It is interesting because just from reading the reviews and watching the trailer, it is clear that Reitman has really revamped the story. There are whole plot elements in the movie that don't exist in the book, characters are different or new, etc. But it is clear the world of airports and rental cars and hotels Kirn created and brilliantly christened "Airworld", is just the same.

None of this bothers me. Books are books and movies are movies and people that get bent out of shape when things change simply don't understand that. Change can be good.

I'm really looking forward to this movie.

Posted by Jack South P.I. at September 11, 2009 12:54 PM

comment #21

LexG says ...

Trust me, if you're palling around with Bill Murray in Manhattan at age 7 on one of your daddy's sets, you ain't exactly a maple syrup-loving Nordique Mountie.

Posted by LexG at September 11, 2009 12:55 PM

comment #22

Mark says ...

Jeffrey'sthinskin. You should know that a homeostasis develops on every message board. You have your agreeers, your contrarians, your jokers, your eyores, and your assholes. Banning an asshole, may give your shortterm pleasure, but the imbalance engendered will eventually cause your whole website to swallow itself like the house in poltergeist.

Posted by Mark at September 11, 2009 12:56 PM

comment #23

Mark says ...

The apparent backlash already brewing for this movie is amazing. It took a year to 2 years for a backlash to develop against American Beauty. 10 years later, blogs and twitter have taken it down to instantaneous. What that means for Hollywood is that you can't slow release a movie with an established talent. Sharks will eat it alive.

Posted by Mark at September 11, 2009 1:01 PM

comment #24

George Prager says ...

So I guess the only movies LexG watches are from DVDs he bought from an African guy in front of a lower Manhattan subway entrance. Now that is street cred.

I agree with Jeff about Twizzlers. Now I want some. ANd when I finish them, I'll feel as bad as LexG at the end of CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD.

Posted by George Prager at September 11, 2009 1:02 PM

comment #25

Chicago48 says ...

I'm not a big Clooney fan, only saw two movies and the last one where he was the lawyer (I forgot the name, but Tilda won an undeserved Oscar) put me to sleep. This I will see. I like Vera.

Posted by Chicago48 at September 11, 2009 1:08 PM

comment #26

George Prager says ...

I'm not a big Pacino fan, only saw two movies and the last one where he was the mobster (I forgot the name, but Robert won an undeserved Oscar) put me to sleep. This I will see. I like Tuesday.

Posted by George Prager at September 11, 2009 1:13 PM

comment #27

Circumvrent says ...

Great to hear that the movie sounds a rewarding and moody as the clip/trailer a few days ago made it out to be.

Also really happy that this got bumped up a bit, because I never get to see anything that comes out in December between work and Christmas shit.

Someone else said it on another thread, but I'll reiterate that I'm glad the Cloon-dog has dedicated himself to starring and making adult films for adult audiences.

Posted by Circumvrent at September 11, 2009 1:23 PM

comment #28

Travis Crabtree says ...

(Prager..... nice!)

By the way, I've never seen the appeal of Clark Gable or Vivian Leigh, but I did see that one film they did together with the slaves and mansions and Civil War and what-not.

Posted by Travis Crabtree at September 11, 2009 1:32 PM

comment #29

berg says ...

for me the news of the day is Roger Corman's honorary Oscar award

Posted by berg at September 11, 2009 1:33 PM

comment #30

COCO says ...

This one sounds like it has the right ''vibe''...
Thanks for the positive review Jeff...I will attend
the first week.....GC is right on as the urban Grant.

Posted by COCO at September 11, 2009 1:37 PM

comment #31

JD says ...

No offense Jeff, but you set the tone around here. Your constant snark (when you DON'T like a film) is no different from your readership's snark (when you DO like a film). I, for one, think your dismissal of Antichrist is a really snarky, superficial response to a serious, challenging film from a director who's way more intellectually sophisticated than any of us. We all know you like your adult-oriented cinema accessible -- rather than arty -- but you can't be surprised that other serious cinephiles take issue with your reverence for aggressively mainstream cinema. That's the way it goes. Some like their art arty, some like their art to be invisible and some like both.

Posted by JD at September 11, 2009 1:41 PM

comment #32

sashastone says ...

I guess it's as good a time as any to reveal that you can't actually ban people from the site. You can only block their user ID. To ban them requires banning their IP - and even that has a work-around. They just have to open a new account and they're good to go.

Posted by sashastone at September 11, 2009 1:43 PM

comment #33

George Prager says ...

"They just have to open a new account and they're good to go."

I eagerly await the commenter known as t.Perry.

Posted by George Prager at September 11, 2009 2:00 PM

comment #34

Jeffrey Wells says ...

Wells to Sasha: I realize that. I'm just making a point.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at September 11, 2009 2:04 PM

comment #35

liz says ...

You loved it. Great. What about the performances? Or shoud i paraphrase - whats the buzz on Anna Kendrick? Good enough to get nominated?

Posted by liz at September 11, 2009 2:08 PM

comment #36

LexG says ...

Just please tell me that at NO POINT will they be using Queen/Bowie's "Under Pressure" for the trailers and TV spots...

Posted by LexG at September 11, 2009 2:14 PM

comment #37

Jeffrey Wells says ...

Kendrick performs well in the film. I believed her, she has conviction, she holds her own. But I didn't like hanging with her. There's something a little muskratty about her. She has a funny hairline. And...this seems cruel and mean but she's too little. I don't like ultra-tiny people.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at September 11, 2009 2:26 PM

comment #38

Ghost072 says ...

Sorry, but anyone that was put to sleep by Michael Clayton has the attention span of a gnat - or maybe just needs more sleep. That was one of the best films of last year.

Posted by Ghost072 at September 11, 2009 2:49 PM

comment #39

Terry McCarty says ...

re Liz's comment:
Or shoud i paraphrase - whats the buzz on Anna Kendrick? Good enough to get nominated?

Liked Ms. Kendrick as the high school debater in ROCKET SCIENCE. Nice to see that she's not falling into the kind of black hole that Heather Donahue did post-BLAIR WITCH.

Posted by Terry McCarty at September 11, 2009 2:50 PM

comment #40

bfm says ...

"I don't like ultra-tiny people."

Now I understand why you were so down on Lord of the Rings.

Posted by bfm at September 11, 2009 2:54 PM

comment #41

Chris Willman says ...

Whatever backlashes may or may not come, this is definitely a better movie than "American Beauty," for whoever raised that as a comparison.

I wish Anna Kendrick's high-school-iness hadn't bothered me. Maybe it won't be a problem for me the second time I see the film. Other than that, not many false notes.

I am definitely not any less in love with Vera Farmiga than I was before the screening.

Posted by Chris Willman at September 11, 2009 2:59 PM

comment #42

MARLOWE says ...

Was I right about the awesome Vera ass shot or what?

Great film. Can't wait to see it again with my lady.

Marlowe

Posted by MARLOWE at September 11, 2009 3:05 PM

comment #43

lazarus says ...

Nice to hear, guys. I feel that once again Farmiga isn't getting enough attention.

I imagine she's great as always and will be overlooked in favor of Kendrick.

Vera is one of the most talented, versatile and gorgeous actresses working today.

Posted by lazarus at September 11, 2009 4:49 PM

comment #44

great scott says ...

Fear not, p. vice fans. He can come back under a different name.

Might I suggest p. ussy.

Posted by great scott at September 11, 2009 5:22 PM

comment #45

lazarus says ...

How about b.Nice, for a change?

Posted by lazarus at September 11, 2009 5:42 PM

comment #46

Flash Gordon says ...

If LexG ever gets "banned", I am so outta here. That post yesterday where he said everyone should bow to Megan Fox made me laugh so hard I almost choked on my Strawberry Twizzlers.

Posted by Flash Gordon at September 11, 2009 6:02 PM

comment #47

Daniel Tayag says ...

Great review Wells. I can already see Armond White's inevitable pan.

Posted by Daniel Tayag at September 11, 2009 6:19 PM

comment #48

ImNotPaulAvery says ...

Consider myself sold. I was skeptical at first but if Wells is in, it's officially piqued my interest.

Posted by ImNotPaulAvery at September 11, 2009 8:47 PM

comment #49

Wiggumx says ...

I hope Vera gets some heat from this. She gets good roles, but I was blown away by her in The Departed and Down to the Bone. She seems a little odd on talk shows, but I love her in movies.

Oh, and this is based on a Walter Kirn novel. Yes, I'm an idiot for not knowing that. He wrote "Thumbsucker" which I really enjoyed. This movie moves to the top of my must-see list based on this review and that information.

Posted by Wiggumx at September 11, 2009 10:27 PM

comment #50

ZayTonday says ...

I've had like a million invites to test screenings of this over the course of the year and I never went to see it and now I'm kicking myself.

Posted by ZayTonday at September 11, 2009 10:28 PM

comment #51

ZayTonday says ...

Oh and LexG is the Colbert to Wells' Stewart.

Posted by ZayTonday at September 11, 2009 10:30 PM

comment #52

Ghost072 says ...

"How about b.Nice, for a change?"

Classic.

Posted by Ghost072 at September 11, 2009 10:33 PM

comment #53

K. Bowen says ...

The Hurt Locker re-charges the war film and gives it new possibilities. Not an easy chore in such a ubiquitous genre. Those films don't come along everyday.

Thirst takes the vampire film and its stories of female predation, squares it off against the film noir, stories of male predation, and ends it in battle-of-the-sexes screwball. All the while keeping it a story about morality. Very smart and does a lot.

Do the poeple who stuck by critical polarizers like Jesse James and The New World have a right to be skeptical about an easy critic-pleaser like Up in the Air? Yeah, I think so. They also have a duty to say so, if it does.

But that's a lot of weight to pull.

Posted by K. Bowen at September 12, 2009 6:34 AM

comment #54

Noiresque says ...

I don't know if I'm a bit Clooney-ed out, but the descriptions of this film remind me of "In Good Company", which I loathed.

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pchu says ...

I have to agree with Jeffrey here. It's a wonderful film. Clooney will get a nomination out of this, I am not sure anyone else can play Ryan Bingham better. Jason Reitman's good streak continues.

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The apparent backlash already brewing for this movie is amazing. It took a year to 2 years for a backlash to develop against American Beauty.

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Great to hear that the movie sounds a rewarding and moody as the clip/trailer a few days ago made it out to be. cheers!!!

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Kendrick performs well in the film. I believed her, she has conviction, she holds her own. But I didn't like hanging with her.

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You loved it. Great. What about the performances? Or shoud i paraphrase - whats the buzz on Anna Kendrick? Good enough to get nominated?

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