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Away We Go is a 2009 American romantic road comedy-drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The film's two leads are John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It is Mendes's first film without Thomas Newman's collaboration.
Jun 26, 2009 · Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph), an unmarried but devoted-to-each-other couple, are expecting a baby girl in three months. They moved near Burt's parents (Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara) because they wanted to give their child loving relatives in close proximity.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Sam Mendes
- 2009-06-26
Built on a set of quirks and charms that are as noticeable as they are interchangeable, Away We Go is a sweet but uneven road trip. Read Critics Reviews
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- Sam Mendes
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- John Krasinski
Away We Go (2009), directed by Sam Mendes, is a road movie with a difference. Many road movies involve strangers met by the protagonist as he or she travels from place to place. Away We Go sends the two main characters into different locations, but all the people they meet are people they already know, or think they know.
A road movie, bourgeois comedy, pull-at-your-heartstrings drama, Away We Go follows thirtysomething couple Burt (Krasinski) and Verona (Rudolph) on a tour of the U.S. (and Montreal) in search of a place to start a home with their forthcoming first child.
Put it this way: It sure takes a long time for AWAY WE GO to get anywhere, but once there, the full impact of its storyline hits you behind the knees. Director Sam Mendes, who frames his scenes beautifully, meanders, and consequently, the film can grate like a too-long road trip.
Jun 10, 2009 · After the parents vote for Belgium, Burt and Verona head for Phoenix and a visit with her onetime boss Lily ( Allison Janney) and her husband Lowell ( Jim Gaffigan ). Lily is a monster, a daytime alcoholic whose speech is grossly offensive, and her husband and children in shock.
