Away We Go

Away We Go

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Away We Go

John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Catherine O'Hara

A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an ass...( read more  read more... )ortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.

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  • December 20, 2009
    I really can't believe that Sam Mendes didn't recognize how far some of his characters were flying over the top. Anyone who called Juno's authenticity into question would be silenced in stark horror by the Maggie Gyllenhaal scene, or the Allison Janney scene, or even the scene wi...( read more)th John Krasinski's parents. They give the kind of performances with the kind of material that isn't funny, except in a way where you laugh out of vicarious embarrassment for the assumedly sane adults being forced to interpret it. Like a bizarro world Funny People, Away We Go is much stronger in its dramatic moments, but unlike Funny People it also contains its fair share of effective comedy as well. Krasinski doesn't really project much emotionally, but his comic timing and general goofiness are exciting; Maya Rudolph, the film's true surprise, pretty much picks up the rest of its slack. She is subtle, expressive and bitingly hilarious, giving the film just enough life to power through its agonizing passages and deeply enhancing its strong ones. Her chemistry with Krasinski is great.

    I recognize that Away We Go is swoony and sort of treacly, but I dunno, it worked for me. I'm sure it won't for others.
  • November 17, 2009
    It was somewhat slow, but I think it was meant to be that way. The acting of John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph were done well. It had it's funny, sweet, and sad moments. Overall, not a bad movie.
  • October 6, 2009
    "I love my babies. Why would I want to push them away from me?"

    A couple who is expecting their first child travel around the U.S. in order to find a perfect place to start their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment ...( read more)of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.

    REVIEW

    Winning comedy/drama with Krasinski & Rudolph ? perfectly cast ? as a young couple of intellectuals whose impending birth of their first child has them navel gazing and wondering the best avenue of raising them by going on a road trip visiting family and friends, discovering there are no easy short-cuts and plenty of pit-falls along the bumpy ride into the heart's wonderings. The sharply funny and smart screenplay by writers Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida provide many moments for the protagonists to mingle with some odd and perhaps bleak outlets to parenthood and life in general. Director Sam Mendes wisely lets the comic cards fall where they may with his gifted leads and inspired ensemble. One of the year's best films and one of the best on relationships in general.
  • August 9, 2009
    Some of the best relationship advice ever put to film.
  • July 29, 2009
    Taking its cue from other recent movies about expectant couples, but not obviously so, the film is more adult in its conflicts than 'Juno' and less vulgar than 'Knocked Up'. It is really a film about searching; for answers, for security, for a place of belonging; and the uncertai...( read more)nty of it all gives the film an element of bittersweet truth I found quite endearing. The screenplay maintains a delicate balance of laughable absurdity and wistful melancholy, and though Sam Mendes' direction is not quite so subtle, the film plays to one of his strengths: getting great performances from his actors. The actors are perfect and genuine, from the leads to the supporting cast. Their trials are uniquely their own, their stories personal, but the lessons they learn are touchingly familiar.
  • December 20, 2009
    Completely and totally enjoyable. Rudolph and Krasinski were great together. Their vows on the trampoline were beautiful and the ending was perfect.
  • December 20, 2009
    This would have been a wonderful little film if one could look past its pretentiousness. Unfortunately, I couldn't. So for me it was unbearably irritating to look at the characters' overly comical gesture or to listen to their obnoxiously obvious dialogues about marriage and rela...( read more)tionship. And if that's implying watching a bunch of clowns with a bit sense of wisdom, that's probably because it is. But even the implied image could have made a much more interesting, and better, film this one so desperately tried to be. The only things I like in this one is Maya Rudolph's portrayal as the only lovable character and Ellen Kuras' cinematography as the only soft subtlety you'll find in this film.
  • December 18, 2009
    Good In Parts. Lays On The "Advice" Talks A Bit Too Thick As That's What The Film Ultimately Becomes, A Bunch Of Repetitive Conversations About Relationships And Advice.
  • December 16, 2009
    I'm not sure entirely why, but I just despised this movie. I've never been so uncomfortable while watching a movie.... well maybe taxidermia but that wasn't supposed to be comfortable. This movie wasn't funny it was just inappropriate, you can't make suffocating baby jokes in a f...( read more)ilm thats supposed to be romantic. It just gave me a headache. Other then a few genuinely funny parts and some nice dialogue, the whole film felt overtly forced. Like another juno, where i feel like the writers are selling me what they think I would be moved by. A bunch of force-fed relationship crisis bull. Bah. I digress.
  • December 13, 2009
    Wicked hilarious. I saw it like three times, and have shared it with my loved one so It was so worth it's weight in salt.

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