Away We Go (2009)

Recommended

USA/UK

Feature Film

Director: Sam Mendes

Writers: Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida

Cinematographer: Ellen Kuras

Composer: Alexi Murdoch

Cast: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Carmen Ejogo, Catherine O'Hara, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Schneider

With the birth of their first child just three months away, a young couple, with little in the way of local family or friends and even less parental self-confidence, set off on an epic road, rail, and air trip around America, in search of somewhere to set-up home, meeting with old acquaintances and relatives along the way, in Mendes’s beautifully warm, gently moving, and frequently hilarious comedy-drama. Iain.Stott