Away We Go.

So after all these months of waiting, I finally saw Away We Go. I was slightly wary because of the review that Lainey (www.laineygossip.com) wrote, where she was...underwhelmed. Disappointed, like I feared I would be.

It was...kismet, or maybe the word is whimsical. Whatever it is you get the idea. Sam Mendes really makes this couple feel ordinary, and yet they are something to aspire to. They are a modern day fairy tale, a couple on a quest to find the perfect place to start their family.

This movie asks the question, what is a family? Maya Rudolph's character Verona's parent's have died, leaving her with just a sister to look to, and John Krasinki's character Burt's parents have abandoned them before the baby is due. They travel the country, observing different ways of existing and interacting within a family, from the crude of Allison Janney and Jim Gaffigan to the crazy-hippy call back of Maggie Gyllanhaal. Even what happens when a person decides to leave their family, and keep them scrambling to fit old pieces into a new puzzle.

This movie was awesome. If you want to leave the theater feeling like true love is possible, give it a try. Plus, almost the entire soundtrack is Alexi Murdoch. Wonderous.

-CE