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Summary: 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 of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.
Unsurprisingly, given the Mendes/Eggers/Vida triumvirate of trying-too-hard, this is full of disconnected caricatures, false emotional weight and a procession of giant houses in a movie about an ostensibly broke couple (Can't afford one yourself? Just inherit!). There's one striking scene in here, a pole dance doused in narcotic grief, but that's ruined by some loudmouth in the front row explaining to the audience how it's a touching moment because the girl miscarried. Thanks for the help, jerk.
A true love story of a couple in search of happiness, a home to raise their child and each other. The story on itself is great and the last third of the film is charming. However, the first hour or so is bad. The two main characters are interesting, involving and in a way recognisable, but all the other characters are just unbelievably annoying.
"Away We Go" is a modest and ultimately rewarding and touching road-trip film, directed by Sam Mendes with his typical flair. The script appears desperate to be alternative -so, the film does follow a cliché by trying too hard not to follow the most common cliché. Yes, it feels forced most of the times, but it remains funny, cute and bittersweet, while the chemistry between the protagonists is undeniable. There's a cozy, warm feel to it, and that is something that I rarely get from rom-coms.
A cute, charming little movie that is about finding out where you belong. This film was life at its finest, when two people needed to start new and they had no idea what was going to happen next all they know is that they had each other. On their journey they are taken to many different places none of which seemed comfortable, because life is not simply about being comfortable with the situation, it is about being happy. Go wherever your heart leads you, love life and be with the ones you love.
Watched it for the Eggers screenplay. Krasinski came out of nowhere, as did Gaffigan as some kind of Pheonix depressive. Comes across as an indie-rom-com with waves of nostalgic emotion appearing sporadically through the running time.