Up in the Air (2009)

Writer/director Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air is a nice movie; too bad it’s boring. And that’s a shame. There’s a great cast led by George Clooney with some obscure favorites like Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride and my new, new favorite: Zach Galifianakis. But this movie felt as cold as the airport terminals it was filmed in. No chemistry, no inspiration, no anything.

I miss the wit and humor of Reitman’s earliest work, Thank You for Not Smoking. Just like Juno, the charm of Up in the Air is lost on me.