“Away We Go”

Maybe it is because I have a few pregnant women in my life rightnow or maybe it’s because I’ve been having thoughts about settling down, questions about family, marriage etc. in my head lately. And maybe it’s just because it’s a beautiful film, but the new Sam Mendes movie touched me to a dgree it actually hurt.

Imagine this: Two women go to the movies late on Wednesday night. They chose one of those indie movies. It’s playing in a big theater, which is pretty weird to them because it really isn’t a blockbuster or anything and they wonder even more why it is actually shown on the biggest screen. We enter the theater and are not really surprised to find it totally empty. EMPTY. There was nobody but us watching that movie. And then “Away We Go” started.

This film, written by Dave Eggers (who just worked on “Where the Wild Things Are” with Spike Jonze) and his wife Vendela Vida, is one of the most beautiful pieces of cinematography I’ve seen in a long time. It’s not loud but it’s funny. It’s sweet and it’ll hurt you a bit. It’s about two people, their fears about bringing new life into this world and their love for each other. “Away We Go” is painfully wonderful. John Krasinski is hilariously cute. Maya Rudolph is adorably sweet.

So that was the perfect movie night: two girls, a theater all to ourselves and an amazing, amazing movie.

Tags: Away we go, Dave Eggers, John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Sam Mendes, Vendela Vida