Krasinki is able to anchor the movie with a limber, melancholy performance -- and doesn't draw too heavily from his overflowing reservoir of nice-guy charm.
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06/05/09
Away We Go (2009)
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Reviews Counted:152
Fresh:100
Rotten:52
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $9,358,424
Synopsis: Director Sam Mendes (AMERICAN BEAUTY) may invoke plenty of indie-comedy tropes in this comic venture, but AWAY WE GO is a tender, sweet, and surprisingly funny addition to the genre. Verona De... [More]
Starring: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Sam Mendes
Reviews for Away We Go
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The main sin of Away We Go is simple dullness.
06/05/09
Away We Go is an exploratory and occasionally bittersweet trek that takes unexpected turns and winds up in an emotionally satisfying place.
06/05/09
Top CriticDoes it sound as if I hate this movie? Don’t be silly. But don’t be fooled. This movie does not like you.
06/05/09
Top CriticA finely pedigreed comic road film that, when all is said and done, is too finely-tooled for the NPR set to have much life left in it.
06/05/09
Too much information bedrooms, and vibes that may encourage skipping parenthood altogether for those who haven't quite made up their minds yet. And a pro-isolationist impression that the grass is always greener on one's own side of the picket fence.
06/04/09
Though Away We Go lacks the screwball unpredictability of something like Flirting With Disaster, it compensates with a unexpected depth of feeling, a novelist’s (or memoirist’s) sense of detail, and a panoramic view of what home means.
06/04/09
It’s too bad [the writers] didn’t follow their slacker protagonists’ example, and amble slowly through their cross-country road trip flick. Instead, they all labor overtime to mark every stop along the map, usually with neon signs and flashing arrows.
06/04/09
Featuring a revelatory performance from Rudolph as the centered earth mother who nonetheless worries she and Burt have become losers, "Away We Go" illustrates parenthood in every color of the spectrum.
06/04/09
Time and time again, Burt and Verona strike an artful pose while a guitar strums plaintive chords and mournful singer Alexi Murdoch tells the audience just how to feel.
06/04/09
What a pleasure to see a couple who genuinely love each other in a movie - and what a surprise to see it in a movie directed by Sam Mendes.
06/04/09
The fifth film by British theater director Sam Mendes, Away We Go, is the most unkempt movie the director has made so far in his career
06/04/09
Away We Go feels like Sam Mendes saying, "Hey, look, I can just make an entertaining, smart movie. No awards consideration necessary."
06/04/09
It's a lovely attitude in an engaging dramedy, and I hope Mendes has a few more of these within him before he lurches back to the dark side of human behavior.
06/04/09
The limberness of the leads and the affable nature of Mendes' treatment soften the material's harshness and make it go down easily. You should tag along with Burt and Verona on their journey of discovery.
06/03/09
Away We Go rejects those cliches and instead takes an honest, humorous and ultimately moving look at the prospect of a family growing from two members to three.
06/03/09
Away We Go in brief: the endless promise of profundity trampled by dime-store psychologizing.
06/03/09
A gilded entry in the cinema du quirk. It's a movie that invites you, all too often, to feel superior to the people on screen. Yet it's been designed, shot, and edited with unusual finesse, and the two main characters are fresh screen types.
06/03/09
Away We Go is as calculated as any summer tentpole blockbuster.
06/03/09
An incredibly original and appealing drama about the quest of two intimate lovers to find the perfect home to raise their child.
06/03/09
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