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It’s difficult to understand how a movie that manages to make you feel down in the dumps in many instances can have you laughing out loud the rest of the way. Perhaps it’s because UP IN THE AIR is a movie crammed full of surprises and total knowledge of its [...]]]>

Buy Up In The Air

It’s difficult to understand how a movie that manages to make you feel down in the dumps in many instances can have you laughing out loud the rest of the way. Perhaps it’s because UP IN THE AIR is a movie crammed full of surprises and total knowledge of its main subject. Throughout the movie I was expecting the obvious conclusion and was surprised to get something completely different in return, but even UP IN THE AIR’s shocker scene, managed to make so much sense it’s difficult for me to understand how I didn’t see it coming. There’s no question in my mind UP IN THE AIR will be the movie future generations will look back in trying to understand this particular era we live in. It is quite simply a classic.
 UP IN THE AIR is the story of Ryan Bingham, a businessman who spends most of his life on the road: in aeroplanes, hotel rooms and bars. His job is to travel from company to company firing people. He is never in one place very long, and he has no real relationships. He is even estranged from his own family. His main goal in life is to reach 10 million frequent flier miles, a number only 6 people have reached prior to him. His life is all about loyalty status and points. But suddenly, his company decides that they are going to try to fire people via internet video conferencing, instead of face to face. Bingham is going to be grounded, forced to live in Omaha, and to give up his jetset life-style.

Oh my, what will happen next?

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Doctor Leo Marvin, an egotistical psychiatrist in New York City, is looking forward to his forthcoming appearance on a “Good Morning America” telecast during which he plans to brag about Baby Steps, his new book about emotional disorder theories in which he details his philosophy of treating mental patients and their phobias. [...]]]>

Doctor Leo Marvin, an egotistical psychiatrist in New York City, is looking forward to his forthcoming appearance on a “Good Morning America” telecast during which he plans to brag about Baby Steps, his new book about emotional disorder theories in which he details his philosophy of treating mental patients and their phobias. Meanwhile, Bob Wiley is a recluse who is so afraid to leave his own apartment that he has to talk himself out the door.

When Bob is pawned off on Leo by a psychiatrist colleague, Bob becomes attached to Leo. Leo finds Bob extremely annoying. When Leo accompanies his wife Fay, his daughter Anna, and his son Siggy to a peaceful New Hampshire lakeside cottage for a month-long vacation, Leo thinks he’s been freed from Bob. Leo expects to mesmerize his family with his prowess as a brilliant husband and remarkable father who knows all there is to know about instructing his wife and raising his kids. But Bob isn’t going to let Leo enjoy a quiet summer by the lake. By cleverly tricking the telephone operator at the doctor’s exchange, Bob discovers the whereabouts of Leo and his family.

Despite his phobia about traveling alone, Bob somehow manages to talk himself onto a bus, and he arrives in New Hampshire. Leo’s vacation comes to a screeching halt the moment he sees Bob. With his witty personality and good sense of humor, Bob quickly becomes an annoyance to Leo, but not to Fay, Anna, and Siggy, because they think Bob is fun while Leo is dull. Fearing that he’s losing his family to Bob, Leo frantically tries to find a way to make Bob go back to New York, and it’s not as easy as Leo had hoped. Leo finds himself stepping outside the law to try to get Bob to stay away from Fay, Anna, and Siggy — Leo slowly goes berserk, and makes plans to kill Bob.

Hands down one of the most funniest movies I have ever watched. When Richard Richard Dreyfuss gets splashed by a car driving by with mud and says “Son of a bitchin’ Bob!.” I swear I almost pissed myself. You can expect a true kind of funniness from this movie just like Bill Murray’s other classic hits like Caddyshack or Stripes. It’s nothing like some of the stupid comedies of today, this one will have you rolling on the floor for a long time. Definitely recommend renting this or buying it, you won’t be disappointed.