Fri, 12 June 2009
We've been following "Away We Go" for many months now, and after a limited debut on June 5th, the film will start rolling out across the country very soon. For those of you who have been living under a rock, rottentomatoes.com offers this summary: Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple... Directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, this funny and heartfelt film follows the journey of an expectant couple (John Krasinski [The Office] and Maya Rudolph [Saturday Night Live), as they travel the U.S. in search of the perfect place to put down roots and raise their family. Along the way, they have misadventures and find fresh connections with an assortment of relatives and old friends who just might help them discover home on their own terms for the first time. The movie features the music of Alexi Murdoch. So far, reviews have been mixed yet decidedly positive-- it's currently sitting at 65% "Fresh" on the RottenTomatoes page, and at a slightly more worrying 57% on Metacritic. Critical icon Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5/4 stars in his Sun-Times review today, calling it: "...a film for nice people to see. Nice people also go to “Terminator Salvation,” but it doesn’t make them any nicer. “Away We Go” opened last week in New York and Los Angeles, and now rolls out after lukewarm reviews accusing Verona and Burt of being smug, superior and condescending. These are not sins if you have something to be smug about and much reason to condescend [...] If their characters find they are superior to many people, well, maybe they are. “This movie does not like you,” sniffs Tony Scott of the New York Times. Perhaps with good reason." Have you seen "Away We Go"? Planning to? Give us your thoughts and impressions in the comments section.
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-- posted at: 11:11am EDT
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I thought it was pretty good. It has that typical Sam Mendes visual style accompanied by a fairly stellar soundtrack. Krasinski is playing yet another Krasinski-ish guy, but that\'s one of the reasons I went to see it anyway. I think I also agree with some of Ebert\'s observations and anti-backlash. Didn\'t make me think of Juno at all.
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