"Up In The Air"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2009 retrospective continues with Jason Reitman's Best Picture nominee "Up In The Air," starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Danny McBride, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton, J. K. Simmons, Melanie Lynskey, Zach Galifianakis & Sam Elliott. Co-written by Sheldon Turner and based on Walter Kirn's 2001 novel of the same name, the story of a traveling corporate downsizer who has a change of heart about what he values in his life was timely upon its release following the 2009 global financial crisis and garnered strong reviews and earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. How does the film hold up today? Please join Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and me as we discuss the performances, direction, writing, editing, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. You can vote now on the winners of the 2009 NBP Film Community Awards here until August 16th, 2025. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review for Up and
0:04.6	New Year.
0:05.0	Last year, I spent 322 days on the road.
0:08.2	I flew 350,000 miles.
0:11.2	The moon is 250.
0:12.8	All the things you probably hate about traveling are warm reminders that I am home.
0:18.3	Welcome back, Mr. Bingham.
0:20.0	I am a passenger.
0:21.6	I work for a company that lends me out to cowards that don't have the courage to sack their own employees and for good reason.
0:27.6	Who are you, man?
0:28.6	Because people do crazy stuff when they get fired.
0:31.6	I'm going to need your key card.
0:34.6	We received a dynamite young woman from Cornell, Natalie Keena. I want you to show her the ropes. I'm not a tour guide. This is the boat. You want to be in the boat? Yeah. Hello. Show her the magic. Take it through the paces. What? Follow me. Never get behind old people. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left them. Bingo. Asians, they pack light, travel efficiently, and they got a thing with slip on shoes. God love them. That's racist. I'm like my mother. I stereotype. It's faster. You got to fill me in on the Miles thing. What is that about? I plan on grabbing as many miles as I can. What's your towel? Is it this big? This big? I don't want to brag. This is pretty sexy. We're two people
1:16.5	who get turned on by elite status. Good call on that towel rack. Shame we didn't make it to the closet.
1:22.7	We got to do this again. All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for
1:26.7	Up in the Air, and the story
1:28.5	is as follows.
1:30.3	An idea from a young new coworker would put an end to the constant travel of corporate
1:35.8	downsizer, Ryan Bingham.
1:37.6	So he takes her on a tour to demonstrate the importance of face-to-face meetings with those
1:42.1	they must fire.
1:43.2	While mentoring his colleague, he arranges
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