Away We Go

Saw Away We Go. It was about this guy and girl, married and pregnant, trying to find a place to put down roots. They travel around North America, visiting friends and family and sampling the various cities they come across. The story is therefore of the road-trip archetype. They kind of rush from one place to another meeting hilariously awful people and running away from them. There's a lot of cameos from various strange people. They also deal with their baby-angst and their evolving relationship.

The central couple themselves are believable. She is sensible but fretful, he is silly but slightly obnoxious (they're having a daughter and on her father's behalf, I preemptively fear her terrible teenage scorn.) Together they are adorable and sweet. At the emotional climax, things do become a bit too treacly. This couple is in such good shape, all that's left is for them to reach out their hands and select a home from anywhere that they wish. They are poor, true, but they have enough to survive and are quirky and hip and awesome. So, we watch an already good situation merely improve.

The above are all complaints, but I liked the film nonetheless. It's really sweet and I guess I just wanted some sweetness. There's also some well-observed moments (contemplating the move, they worry about being fuck-ups. I feel the fear of being a fuck-up is the defining trait of a certain generation.) and there's a lot of really funny bits too. The first family they meet are ruled by this heinous woman who believes (for some reason) that her children cannot hear her and speaks freely about all the times she would have left her hubby but for the kids and the wedding vow. Later, she makes a move on the guy-main-character. Another couple is a parody of the Hathor Cow-Goddess types. They are creepy and sneeringly 'enlightened' and hilarious. They condemn them for not having a midwife before realizing that, as poor people, they of course couldn't have known any better. A lot of humor to be had here. Later, as I say, it becomes kinda twee, but it's a heck of a ride. (bonus Hathor!)