Away We Go Reviews

Having directed the cynical existential parables American Beauty, Road To Perdition and Revolutionary Road, Sam Mendes' display of his true versatility and capacity for romantic idealism is a film for pleasant people to see. Pleasant people also go to Transformers: Revenge... Read more

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... Read more

I love Sam Mendes; I'll say that now. What else do I love? Comedies with indie quirk. And that leads me to Away We Go, a film that embodies the genre completely as evidenced by the trailer with its awkward laughs,... Read more

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... Read more

By her own admission, they're "f***-ups". In Billy Bragg's "Must I Paint You A Picture", everybody's favorite Cockney-accented socialist folksinger warbles, "The most important decisions in life are made between two people in bed," and Verona DeTessant(Maya Rudolph), an artist, paints... Read more

I Love John since I first saw his face on "The Office" and after this movie I think I love him more, if that is at all possible! He was so good in this, as was Maya Rudolf. The story line... Read more

My wife and I usually agree with Yahoo Users reviews. Not this time. Reading all the reviews of Away We Go, I must disagree. The pacing was painfully slow. I didn't like any of the characters. The fact that the couple... Read more

I wish that this movie was worse, because then it might not have been so annoying to watch. It was just weirdly bad. It made no sense that anyone would confuse cobbling with whittling, or that someone would think that was... Read more

(Synopsis) Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Burt (John Krasinski) are an unmarried couple in their thirties, who are expecting their first child. They live in Denver close to Burt's parents, since Verona's parents had passed away. They thought their life was going... Read more

This was a major disappointment, even when I forget that I wasted the rare babysitter/night out to go see it. I am the audience for this kind of vehicle (arty/idealist/willing to relocate for hipster/"authentic" quality of life...and I'm a parent like... Read more