Away We Go is one of the stranger road movies I’ve ever seen. A couple in their 30s with a baby on the way decide to visit family and friends across the country to decide where they should make their home and how they should raise their child. They visit mentally disturbed friends in Phoenix, a sister in Tucson, a cousin who’s into New Age living in Madison, and a frustrated couple of friends in Montreal. They end up in Miami dealing with domestic turmoil. At no time was I completely engaged by this movie. I felt distanced almost the whole time. The scenes felt staged. The dialog was mannered, almost studied. There is a funny scene that involves a baby carriage, but too many times the comedy seemed forced. Wait for the DVD. GRADE: B-
Too pretentious and self-conscious for me too.
Did you get tired of the two of them looking dumbfounded, Jeff? That was completely overdone, too.
Thanks for the tip-I am attracted to the way they look, the look of the film. But kookiness for the sake of kookiness doesn’t go far.
AWAY WE GO is basically a series of skits, Patti. The film never gained any traction with me.
After your review, I won’t even bother with the DVD. But then I probably wouldn’t have watched it anyway, just not my kind of film.
AWAY WE GO is one of those polarizing movies, Rick. People either love it, or they hate it.
I suppose ANGELS AND DEMONS was one of those, too. I was going to see it but it’s already gone from the theaters here. I’ll put it on the Netflix queue. Should be at about # 206…
I know several people who hated the movie version of ANGELS & DEMONS because it deviated from the novel. I’m not that much of a purist.
I enjoyed the book, but I wish Brown had let Bill Crider write the last chapter or two.
Crider knows how to write an ending, Dan Brown doesn’t
Anyone who would give up Jenna Fisher for Maya Rudolph is crazy abyway.
“anyway.” I meant “anyway.” Sure wish I could learn to type instead of typo.
Fortunately, Diane and Katie catch most of my typos…and transgressions.