Away We Go
{4.5/5} “I want her to have an epic kind of childhood. I want her to run along streams and know how to work a canoe.”
Away We Go, released in 2009
Burt and Verona are a happy couple expecting their first child. When Burt’s parents announce that they’re going to live in Belgium for 2 years, they decide to move too — they’re just not sure where to go. They go on a trip to help them make the decision — from Phoenix to Tucson to Madison to Montreal to Miami.
It reminded me a bit of Broken Flowers, in which a relatively normal person goes around visiting a bunch of eccentric characters.
Catherine O’Hara and Jeff Daniels are delightful as Burt’s parents, and Allison Janney is hilarious as an old colleague of Verona’s.
It’s a very funny movie — it’s also about what’s important in life.
Stars Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski. Directed by Sam Mendes (Spectre).
January 9th, 2016 at 6:46 pm
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie! And I love the soundtrack, I listen to it whenever I need something mellow.