Away We Go

Unlike the movie I just wrote a review for (The Hangover), Away We Go turned out to be almost exactly what we expected. Penned by famed novelist/memoirist Dave Eggers and his wife, Vendela Vida, the movie was intended to play like Juno

and Little Miss Sunshine (seriously, these two movies are mentioned almost everywhere Away We Go is brought up), quirky, self-important, half-cute, and overly committed to seeming realistic. Many of the characters introduced — in fact, most of the non-leads — are practically unreedemable for one reason or another, leaving the protagonists played by John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph to be the only likable people on the screen. However, thanks to the ultimately unstoppable likability of both, Away We Go succeeds in offering enough laughs and warm moments that you wouldn’t be able to find in a more conventional (and therefore boring) rom-com. Some of the lines are forced, and while the MovieHuman opinion very usually a product of the scripts successes or failures, in this case, the main characters have the charisma to pull it off. In other words, it’s worth the watch, and even after a few awkward moments, in the end, it feels like a lot more than the sum of all its parts.