trailer break: ‘Away We Go’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer...

The movie itself is not quite the nonstop zaniness that the trailer appears to suggest it is, but as trailers go, this one is pretty darn good at offering a sense of the film without giving it all away. Of course, it’s not really the kind of film that can be spoiled, because it’s all about character, not about plot. Which means, of course, that it’ll be decried as weird and quirky and indie and not exciting enough. Not by me, but by some...

Away We Go opens in limited release in the U.S. today (and will expand over the next few weeks) and in the U.K. on September 18.

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posted by bronxbee (Fri Jun 05 09, 4:14PM)

see, from the trailers i've seen, it looked like one of those stupid man-child movies. interesting to hear it isn't.

posted by joe (Sun Jun 21 09, 2:44PM)

It isn't at all. It is sort of about people settling into adulthood after the fact, like those movies, but in a very, very different way.

The early "funny" parts are a bit snide in their satirical attacks on bad parenting, and I'm sure some will take offense at the rather over-the-top-horrible mothers played by Janney and Gyllenhaal. But most of the other characters are very real people, and Rudolph's Verona is a fully fleshed-out person, not at all defined by her pregnancy or her "girlfriend" role - except in the eyes of those characters that the movie holds in contempt. If anything, she's more fully realized than Burt.

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· October 16: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
· I interview Paul Schneider (and others)
· opening in the U.K. June 19: ‘Year One,’ ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,’ ‘Miss March,’ ‘Away We Go,’ ‘Moon,’ more
· North American box office: ‘The Hangover’ lingers; aspirin not helping
· June 12: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
· North American box office: ‘Up’ down, gets a headache from ‘The Hangover’
· opening in the U.S. and Canada June 5: ‘Land of the Lost,’ ‘Hangover,’ ‘My Life in Ruins,’ ‘Away We Go,’ more
· OMG: penis onscreen!
· my week at the movies: ‘Away We Go,’ ‘Food, Inc.,’ ‘Lovely by Surprise,’ ‘My Life in Ruins,’ ‘Whatever Works’ (plus ‘Up’)
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