Away We Go

The two central characters played by John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph are unique in that they undergo little change through the course of the course of the movie and so there's no cloying journey capped by a lesson learned. However, in all other ways this movie is insufferable and boring. The many vignettes where we meet different married couples for about 15 or 20 minutes - all feel precious and haphazard and the supporting characters are all whiny, self-centered, and completely unrealistic. I'm a fan of Mendes, but he really doesn't put any thought into the direction because I certainly didn't feel any connection with anyone in this film. And he punctuates just about every scene with a Nick Drake-esque acoustic guitar song that sounds like Zach Braff chose the soundtrack. A smug and dull waste of time.