Away We Go

Having directed the cynical existential parables American Beauty, Road To Perdition and Revolutionary Road, Sam Mendes' display of his true versatility and capacity for romantic idealism is a film for pleasant people to see. Pleasant people also go to Transformers: Revenge... Full review

Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph), an unmarried but devoted-to-each-other couple, are expecting a baby girl in three months. They moved near Burt's parents (Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara) because they wanted to give their child loving relatives in close... Full review

I love Sam Mendes; I'll say that now. What else do I love? Comedies with indie quirk. And that leads me to Away We Go, a film that embodies the genre completely as evidenced by the trailer with its awkward laughs,... Full review

Away We Go (2009), directed by Sam Mendes, is a road movie with a difference. Many road movies involve strangers met by the protagonist as he or she travels from place to place. Away We Go sends the two main characters... Full review

By her own admission, they're "f***-ups". In Billy Bragg's "Must I Paint You A Picture", everybody's favorite Cockney-accented socialist folksinger warbles, "The most important decisions in life are made between two people in bed," and Verona DeTessant(Maya Rudolph), an artist, paints... Full review

(Synopsis) Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Burt (John Krasinski) are an unmarried couple in their thirties, who are expecting their first child. They live in Denver close to Burt's parents, since Verona's parents had passed away. They thought their life was going... Full review

Director Sam Mendes last movie showed a couple deteriorating right in front of our eyes in "Revolutionary Road", and in a way he makes up for that depressing slog with "Away We Go". The couple here are upstarts, two people with... Full review

The style of Away We Go very much reminded me of a late 1960s/early 1970s film. I kept thinking of Harold and Maude or The Graduate, where the lead characters learn about themselves as their relationships grow and change. There were... Full review

The ramshackle tone and episodic structure of this 2009 road dramedy doesn't scream Sam Mendes ("American Beauty", "Revolutionary Road") to me, but his film-making style becomes more discerning as the journey of the two protagonists deepens emotionally with each succeeding stop... Full review

Just six months after introducing us to one of the most unlikable and miserable movie couples viewers had ever seen in "Revolutionary Road", director Sam Mendes takes us on a little detour from his usual style/genre and allows us to meet... Full review

FILM FEST THIS WEEKEND: You get a travel bonus Friday through Sunday when Frankfort, Mich., debuts its International Film Festival at the newly restored Garden Theater, 301 Main St. ... Full Article

One of this year's most pleasant surprises was Sam Mendes's AWAY WE GO, a big-hearted comedy about a happily unmarried couple erratically searching for the ideal place to raise their soon-to-be-born child. ... Full Article

Gloria Farlander: Ah, I think it's more than 3,000 isn't it Jerry? Jerry Farlander: Oh, I think so Verona De Tessant: Hey, so the movie ends when the Von Tramps go to sleep? ... Full Article

Look for these new DVD releases, now on store shelves. "Away We Go" : Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) find out that Verona is pregnant. ... Full Article

Up for grabs are two of the Blu-ray version of Away We Go which you can take a shot at winning by entering this contest via the online form below. ... Full Article