Away We Go
Metascore
58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 33
  3. Negative: 3 out of 33
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    30
    The road-trippers of Away We Go harbor no discernible ambitions whatsoever, which may make them true to Gen-Y life, but also renders them fatally uninteresting. For all the ground they cover geographically, dramatically their velocity remains zero. Mendes, too, seems to have trouble getting on board with the underachieving set.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    30
    Emerges as an oddly sour, unappealing road-trip scenario.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    30
    It's in these vignettes that Away We Go begins to feel less like an authentic exploration of identity than a condemnation of the very community the couple pretends to crave. No one, it turns out, is good enough for Burt and Verona.

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User Score
6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 31
  3. Negative: 10 out of 31
  1. JawsPapi87
    8
    I don't know why I liked this movie so much. It was maybe a little self-important but I think that John Krasinski (who is hilarious on The Office) and Maya Rudolph took control of the movie with their performances… Full Review »
  2. wiggipop
    8
    I really love this film. It manages to be really funny, really poignant and really sweet. I was completely in love with the two leads, who are both excellent and fit together perfectly. And what a delight to see some of my favourite actors pop up in the most wonderfully zany roles: Allison Janney as a wild and wildly inappropriate mother, Maggie Gyllenhaal as a nutso hippie, and the excellent Melanie Lynskey as an adoptive mother filled with a heartbreaking sorrow. This film took me by surprise. I think, ultimately, it's a tiny bit too shmaltzy by the end but mostly it's just wonderful.… Full Review »
  3. L
    9
    This movie is underappreciated. A poignant story about the choices we all have to make about how and where you want to live your life. Loved the cast, score and gorgeous cinematography.… Full Review »
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