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Early in Away We Go, Verona (Maya Rudolph) looks at longtime love Burt (John Krasinski) and asks, “Are we fuck ups?” The pair will spend the film attempting to figure that out, along the way meeting couples raising children and screwing it up in unique and interesting way. That they confront impending parenthood with wit and intelligence separates Away We Go from everything else currently in major release. But can a movie like this possibly survive in the crowded summer movie marketplace?
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2009.