Matt can tell if I'm going to like a movie in the first 10 seconds. And its true, I tend to be drawn to independent, character-driven movies. I loved Little Miss Sunshine, Sunshine Cleaning Company, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, etc. If it's conversational and up close, I dig it.
Away We Go was no exception. I kind of have a thing for John Krasinski, but, that's not *necessarily* why we got this on NetFlix. Its the story of a couple who gets pregnant and finds themselves a bit frightened and on the cusp of a total life change, including having the choice to find somewhere to settle down. The story follows them as they travel, visiting people from their lives in search of the environment in which they can raise there baby. What they find, though, is that together, they have what they need, and everyone is ultimately unfit and screwed up in their own way.
I love films with people you feel like you already know. No one in this movie did anything extraordinary. Even the crazy hippy lady is strangely familiar to me. But its the way they're shown that makes them extraordinary.
This makes life rich with story possibility. My idea of taking the women I know, and making characters out of them gets more and more interesting.
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