Review: Up in the Air

Score:A-

Director:Jason Reitman

Cast:George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Running Time:109.00

Rated:R

A tobacco lobbyist, a pregnant teenager, and now a mile-snatching commercial flyer; for Jason Reitman, director of Thank You For Smoking, Juno, and now Up in the Air, the characters just get more and more interesting - and for good reason. You see, unlike other directors, Reitman understands the return for taking risks. He is a man of unbelievable talent, rarely shying away from a risk, and always ready to choose the path less taken. As of yet, the man hasn't missed a beat, and that streak continues with his newest project,

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About Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis
I owe this hobby/career to the one and only Stephanie Peterman who, while interning at Fox, told me that I had too many opinions and irrelevant information to keep it all bottled up inside. I survived my first rated R film, Alive, at the ripe age of 8, it took me months to grasp the fact that Julia Roberts actually died at the end of Steel Magnolias, and I might be the only person alive who actually enjoyed Sorority Row…for its comedic value of course. While my friends can drink you under the table, I can outwatch you when it comes iconic, yet horrid 80s films like Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills. I have no shame when it comes to what I like, and if you have a problem with that, then we’ll settle it on the racquetball court. I see too many movies to actually win any film trivia contest, so don’t waste your first pick on me. My friends rent movies from my bookcase shelves, and one day I do plan to start charging. I long to live in LA, where my movie obsession will actually help me fit in, but for now I am content with my home in Austin. I prefer indies to blockbusters, Longhorns to Sooners and Halloween to Friday the 13th. I miss the classics, as well as John Ritter, and I hope to one day sit down and interview the amazing Kate Winslet.

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