As you'll know by now, Clooney is the morally empty "corporate downsizer" on a mission to collect a million air miles as he travels around eviscerating small businesses, until circumstances start converging to prick his conscience. The new trailer obviously showcases Clooney, doing his wounded Michael Clayton corporate schtick, but it also gives us a good look at Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick as the female leads, and glimpses of what's sure to be sterling support from Jason Bateman, JK Simmons, and flavour-of-the-year Zach Galifianakis.
The mainstream smarts of Reitman's Juno, plus some of the edge of his Thank You For Smoking reapplied, plus Clooney on top of his game, plus sterling co-stars and supporting cast, equals palpable hit. Up in the Air will be showing at the London Film Festival later this month, and gets its full UK release in January.
This looks really good. Perhaps not as quirky as either Juno or Thankyou For Smoking but you can spare that when confronted with a cast as consistently excellent as this. Also, the script seems really tight. These really are the kind of roles that Clooney excels at. Can't wait. ... Read More
Juno and, especially, Thank You for Smoking are fantastic and this too looks to be good. It seems to be a nuts and bolts, play by the numbers kind of movie, nothing special, but hopefully an enjoyable 2 hours in the cinema. ... Read More
I'm really looking forward to this, it looks great: the direction seems fantastic as well: it's got that vacant, detached feel that fits the film (what we've seen of it anyway) really well.
That bit with the guy pushing the chair seems quite funny as well - could be a good blend of comedy and a story with some depth. ... Read More
