Away We Go

(2009)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 658 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 2009

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Sam Mendes

Cast: Джон Красински, Майя Рудольф, Кармен Эджого, Кэтрин О’Хара, Джефф Дэниелс, Эллисон Дженни, Джим Гэффиган, Samantha Pryor, Конор Кэрролл, Мэгги Джилленхол

Plot

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.

Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant, a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity, are very much in love, and thrilled when they find out that Verona is pregnant. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skills that he believes a good father should have, and they live in the same state as Burt's parents Jerry and Gloria so their child-to-be can have grandparents. But when Burt and Verona go to dinner at his parents', the older couple shakes up the younger couple with surprising news: they have decided to move to Antwerp, Belgium. Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, so she is very much alarmed, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it into a positive: they embark on a search for the exact right place for them to raise their daughter-to-be. They go to every place they can think of, meeting family and friends along the way, with laughter and sadness. This is a road trip the parents-to-be will always remember.