AWAY WE GO
AWAY WE GO is the story of a pregnant couple’s search for the right environment to raise their impending child. Burt Farlander is an insurance underwriter played by John Krasinski who translates a lot of the level headed charm he’s so famous for in The Office but it’s spiced with a touch of looniness that he inherits from his flaky ex-hippy parents Gloria (Catherine O’Hara) and Jerry (Jeff Daniels). He adores his wife Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) and always seems to be able to say just the right thing to humour his often sullen better half. When Jerry and Gloria pull up Colorado stakes just prior to the new arrival Burt and Verona feel abandoned and venture to the cities that various friends and families call home in search of the perfect nesting ground. Through Phoenix, Tucson, Miami, Madison and Montreal they hear through characters played by the likes of a priceless Alison Janney and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a whole earth airhead what they do NOT want to adopt in the way of child rearing. Although Verona’s background motivation is incomplete, Away We Go is a low budget comedy with a big budget of wit.