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Away We Go

2009 · 98 min

A gentle, funny-sad road trip through other people's families, warm and awkward, leaving you thoughtful about home and belonging.

Directed by
Sam Mendes
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Overview
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.

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Directed by
Sam Mendes
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • grief
Places
  • road trip
  • suburbs
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy, romance
Directed by
Sam Mendes
Written by
Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida
Starring
John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Carmen Ejogo, Catherine O'Hara, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, Samantha Pryor
Music
Alexi Murdoch
Cinematography
Ellen Kuras
Runtime
98 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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