Up in the Air (9/9) Movie CLIP - You Are a Parenthesis (2009) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Ryan (George Clooney) has a wake-up call from Alex (Vera Farmiga) about what their relationship really means to her.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Jason Reitman's adaptation of the novel Up in the Air tells the story of Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), who makes his living personally handing out pink slips -- he's the top hatchet man at a company that other companies hire when they are downsizing. And since business is booming, his job keeps him on the go constantly. He flies all across the country, staying in a series of nice hotels. And although this itinerant lifestyle prevents him from having any kind of stable, regular life, this doesn't bother him in the slightest -- he's thrilled to be a boy in a traveling bubble. During one particular layover, he strikes up a conversation with Alex Goran (Vera Farmiga), a fellow savvy traveler. They bond over the ins and outs of various airlines and hotels, and quickly fall into bed. By morning, they are figuring out when their schedules will allow them to meet up again, even though they both make it clear that there are no strings attached. When Ryan arrives back in the home office, he meets no-nonsense career-oriented twentysomething Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), a fast-rising up-and-comer who wants to change the company's practices and save millions by having the staff fire people remotely via webcams. Furious at the thought of losing a lifestyle he's grown quite comfortable with, he convinces his boss (Jason Bateman) to let him take Natalie on a few trips so that she can learn what it's really like to fire someone. Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, and J.K. Simmons co-star in this Best Picture Academy Award nominee.

CREDITS:
TM & © Paramount (2009)
Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga
Director: Jason Reitman
Producers: Ali Bell, Michael Beugg, Jason Blumenfeld, Jeffrey Clifford, Daniel Dubiecki, Helen Estabrook, Ted Griffin, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman
Screenwriters: Walter Kirn, Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

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[tmrezzek]

"I'm a grown-up, okay?" Most ironic line in the entire film. I love Clooney's reaction to the "What do you want?" question: no reply, just his eyes looking around the subway car. He wants to BELONG, to connect with another person. And Alex coldly dismissing him is similar to all the firings he did over the years. A quiet scene, but powerful.

[raytheonorion]

When did the term "grown-up" change to mean "capable of cheating on my family without getting caught"? Or did it always mean that? Cold as ice.

[FernandaCoutoS]

In that moment I felt his pain. Wanted to cry. To realize you are just a break from real life, that you were never really in...that is painfull as hell. This movie is made by adults, for adults. Who has lived a situation similar to this one, knows how powerfull that last call was. I have, and that movie was a wake up call. A heart breaking one.

[kaustubh]

Vera Farmiga nailed the character with her complete casualness and solid conviction towards her twisted intentions.

[ediah]

A parenthesis.... an escape, a break from our normal lives.... what a blow. Clooney can act !

[jayhaapala]

One of the most underrated movies of the 21st century. Absolutely brilliant film all around.

[yz]

I feel really sad for the guy who married Alex. Sad.

[vuxdinh]

"Up in the Air" is my favorite movie ever since I watched it. I find it is so rare to have a movie that has checked all the boxes: great screenplay with some of the best dialogues you've heard, terrific acting, amazing direction, the music, the cinematography (those aerial shots are just beautiful), the editing and most of all the unique subject matter. Each of the 3 leads actually had a scene that should earn them an Oscar really. Vera Farmiga with break-up via text scene, Anna Kendrick with the cocoon of self banishment scene and George Clooney with this scene. His facial expression somehow managed to capture the sadness, the confusion, the shock and the anger after what he saw at Alex's house. The moment when Alex asked "What do you want?" and he just said nothing because he was so lost on what he actually wanted and on the verge of busting into tears. I thought that was some brilliant acting. Such a shame, none of them won.

[davidcurry]

There I was expecting a lovey-dovey predictable door step in the snow reunion - and she has a family. Very good twist, didn't see it coming. Her attitude is deplorable, and perhaps so is his. They just play at love, neither giving it any commitment, then he gets hurt :S

[mensahcarrelle]

One of the best twists ever!!!!ClooneyFarmiga are really on fire!!!!

[johngreen]

Saw this movie over the weekend, i saw myself in George Clooney, just when he finally started to get the whole concept of love, commitment and marriage, etc. She totally turned the table on him. the movie was great, great acting all around. But i did not see that coming from her. It brings into account one aspect of my life i have always lived by. Never show up at another's house unannounced, or you just may get your feelings hurt. Great movie.

[benmur]

I was absolutely shook when I saw the kids & heard her husband in that one scene. I was watching it on TV so thought it was a happy ending love story type movie. Definitely a big turn from what I expected. Love films like that!

[JustChadC]

The silence in this scene, is the loudest part of the whole film. Oof. Jesus...

[zsedcftglkjh]

"You could have seriously screwed things up for me."

You've already done that yourself, lady. Clooney should have been a bro and told her husband.

[ingenieriaindustrial]

This is the best perfomance i have ever seen from Clooney. That look of sadness is so powerful. When Alex said "You dont even know what you want" his face alone told me what was going in his head: "I know what i wanted, i am just not able to tell you anymore".

[gicking]

I don't usually think Clooney is a good actor, but I was really impressed with his acting around 1.30. he said nothing, but his expression, his eyes, just said volumes. I'm hurt, I'm heartbroken, I want to make a life with you, but now I have no chance, I don't want to say it to someone who has been using me. And now my heart is in my mouth, and my brain is almost frozen in misery.

[edifysalim]

"trying to understand what exactly that you sign up for" George Clooney deliver this line perfectly, sounds exactly like a heartbreaking man.

[willg]

one of the most heart wrenching lines in a movie, behind 500 days of summer

[pedroportillo]

A break from real life? There are no breaks in real life. Life is constant with variables, but no breaks.

[WestIndianAK]

"You could've seriously screwed things up for me; that's my family; that's my real life." Um, excuse me, Miss Thing; *YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM YOU WERE MARRIED WITH KIDS!!!* So how the hell was he supposed to know *NOT* to show up at your doorstep in some romantic gesture??? If you'd just *told* him what it was from the beginning, he'd have known not to do