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AWAY WE GO (R) It's official. Sam Mendes, the
Oscar-winning director of American Beauty,
hates America. Sure, Away We Go does not
emotionally scar like Revolutionary Road, and
it's a lot more fun. Still, even when Mendes is
being lighthearted, he's still pretty darn mean.
Burt and Verona (John Krasinski and
Maya Rudolph), a couple of self-described
"fuck-ups," are searching for a place to raise
their yet-to-be-born
child after Burt's self
ish parents (Catherine
O'Hara and Jeff Daniels)
announce their move to
Belgium.
Their first option,
Arizona, close to the
parentless Verona's only
sister (Carmen Ejogo),
comes complete with
ready-made friends, Lily
(Allison Janney) and
Lowell (Jim Gaffigan).
Next up is Madison, but
nutty professor pal LN
(Maggie Gyllenhaal) and her guy, Broderick
(Josh Hamilton), live there in a stroller-less
crazy land. Maybe Montreal, with college
friends and their rainbow assortment of
adopted kids... Too bad Burt and Verona never
make it to Athens; they would fit in perfectly.
Away We Go, written by novelists Dave
Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
Genius) and his wife, Vendela Vida (co-founder
of The Believer), reads like a quirky, literarily
humorous National Book Award finalist. Some
of the stops on Burt and Verona's road trip are
more enjoyable than others. I never thought
too much Allison Janney would be a bad
thing, but the usually solid supporter oversells
her obnoxious social climber. Ditto Gyllenhaal.
Everyone in Away We Go may be crazy,
but Burt and Verona, and John and Maya, are
the sanest, relative as
that may be. The acting
couple has the realistic
chemistry of lovers even
in the precious, post
modern, literary world
fabricated for the maxi
mum allowable laughs.
A heavily bearded
Krasinski brings his
considerable TV charm
home from "The Office"
and amps up his Jim-ish
idiosyncrasies. Rudolph
impresses greatly
considering her "SNL"
upbringing. Verona senses she and Burt are
drowning, and Rudolph ably keeps her likeable
despite a potentially unlikable serious streak.
Away We Go is like a hip, self-loathing sit
com, created by Sam Mendes and Dave Eggers
for people who hate situation comedies, and I
mean that in the nicest possible way.
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