Is there anyone else that didn't particularly enjoy "Up in the Air?"?

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Well, it wasn’t supposed to be profound social commentary—on the contrary, it was a mini-commentary on the emptiness of a busy man’s life, which in turn was supposed to leave YOU feeling empty. Personally, I was moved by it—by the irony of Clooney’s character realizing how lonely he was only when he fell in love with a woman he couldn’t have—and woman who merely “played” in the lonely world Clooney inhabited. I think it’s possible that one’s age has something to do with how he/she feels about this movie.

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