Everything about Away We Go says that it should be a relatively good movie but something was missing and I just can't put my finger on it. First you have the always fabulous director, Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road), funnyman John Krasinski, and the lovely Maya Rudolph. Second you have extraordinary performances by the rest of the cast Catherine O'Hara, Jeff Daniels, and Jim Gaffigan. I won't forget to mention Allison Janney (recently played the mother in Juno) who delivered one of the funniest performances I have seen all year.
In Away We Go, we have a couple of 30 somethings who are about to have their first child and are scoping out various parts of the grand ole U.S. of A. to find the perfect place to start their family. They visit friends and they visit family but there is something incredibly wrong with each place and sometimes it is might just be the outrageous personalities. Sam Mendes takes you on an emotional journey in which you will experience some highs and some lows but interjects a lot of humor along the way.
If I had to hammer down one thing that takes away from the film I would say that the relationship between the main characters isn't that believable and I fault Maya Rudolph for that. John Krasinski gave a good performance but it wasn't memorable, so for those reasons I give Away We Go a C+.
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Oh this is not what I wanted to hear James! I really want to see this movie - the previews make it sound so cute, but granted, I guess that's the role of previews :)
ReplyDeleteI'm probably going to see it anyways bc I love love stories, so hopefully at least I'm satisfied with the level of romanace in it!
I rated this movie a tad higher. Maybe if we had seen it together, you would have felt the same. Wink, Wink!
ReplyDeleteMy ratings stem from one question...would I ever see it again? If yes then it probably gets at least a B...this one was right on the border but ultimately I said no. Maybe next time you will convince me...
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