SWEETEST ROAD MOVIE EVER : AWAY WE GO

Away we go is an absolute gem of a film by successful director Sam Mendez. It is the story of life, searching, looking for the next step, trying to find where one belongs. And it is told in a very human and approachable way, which makes it a joy to watch.
Burt and Verona are a rather non-conventional couple. They live almost completely by themselves in the middle of the forest in Madison and live their lives working online / on the phone and pretty much minding their own business in a rather New Age and Hippy-ish kind of way. This all changes when Verona realizes she is pregnant. And just as the couple is getting used to the imminent advent of their baby girl they receive another blow. The main reason the couple had moved to Madison in the first place was to be close to Burt’s rather tactless but well meaning parents. However, Burt and Verona find out that they are in fact moving to Belgium (a 15 year-old plan nobody ever believed would come true), leaving the new parents to fend for themselves. The couple is incensed but once their anger dies down they decide that they also must move homes. They have to have a more stable and grown-up life now the baby is on the way. Thus starts one of the funniest and most endearing road-trips (an endearing road-trip is a bizarre concept but you will know what I mean if you watch the film), where Burt and Verona look not only for a new city to live in but a new lifestyle to adapt to…
“Burt, are we fuck-ups ?” asks Verona at one point of the film. I feel this is exactly the human condition Mendez has tried to (and succeeded in) portray in his film. Burt and Verona’s road – trip is almost an allegory of couples everywhere, on the road of life itself, going down the road hand in hand, but not quite sure what the next turn will bring and sometimes rather worried about whether it will really work out in the end. On top of that, all the characters are very well studied so the film pokes fun at American national quirks without being crass or over-the-top. It is a more “home grown” feeling, a witty joke by someone who knows what he is talking about...
Away we go is, in short, a top notch film especially for all you fans of that “fuzzy feeling” inside. And for those of you who want a quiet contemplation on life. Enjoy.