Alas, the new Sam Mendes movie, Away We Go, starring John Krasinski (The Office!) & Maya Rudolph, is here. The story revolves around two individuals, Burt & Verona, who are madly in love with the each other. The fact that they are piss poor, for instance, is of little significance because, hey, they are in love (duh!). Once the couple discovers that Verona is pregnant, and that Burt's parents will not be there to take care of the child however, they decide to tour the country in hopes of finding a place to settle down and start a nice little family. How quaint. This movie, in short, is a film about life, and how crazy it is, the ups and the downs of it, and no matter how hard we try, we have no control over how everything turns out. Might as well enjoy it while you are enjoying it, I guess.
Throughout their little excursion however, Burt and Verona make little pit stops here and there to say hello to some old friends, who are, for the most part, rather strange to say the least. The eccentric personalities that Burt & Verona run into during their little road trip are all very interesting characters, and to some degree, keep the movie rolling along. Mendes uses these different characters wisely in a sense that he creates a pretty good balance between humor & some very touching moments.
Despite the well timed humor and the sweet moments though, this movie was just 'okay.' I will say that I was almost positive that I was walking into another brilliant Sam Mendes movie, but for some reason, I just wasn't crazy about this one once the credits started to roll up. This movie felt like filler to me. Something to keep the Mendes fans at bay while he meticulously prepared his next mammoth sized film behind the scenes. Let's face it, films like Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, and American Beauty are on a totally different level when compared to Away We Go.
However, please don't take this as me saying that Away We Go was an 'okay' movie simply because it wasn't as good as the other movies that were directed by Mendes. What I'm trying to say is that this movie was good, and that's it. A very fine movie indeed. The movie started off in an interesting fashion, but then it started to drag a bit towards the end, and then I just didn't care as much as I did in the beginning. Nothing to write home about, but nothing to cry about either.
Recommendation: Catch it on a matinee, or wait for the rental if you're going to be watching this one alone. Might not be a bad choice of movie if chicks are in the audience though, and even then, I'm not so sure (dahhhh, I'm such a chauvinist pig! whatever).
Rating: 2.5/4
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