Away We Go

To date, of all the couples I've watched, including reality, fictional, and reality-TV, this couple--Burt and Verona--are my favorite. Their love is what Leen-in-love looks like. In Away We Go, we journey with these self-professed "eff-ups" as they try to pave a "straight-and-narrow" prior to the birth of their baby. When Burt's family decides to move to Belgium, the mid-30s couple decide to travel the country in search of a place to call home. Most locations bring the couple closer to a relative or friend many of whom cause the 'eff-ups" to realize who really is eff'd up. With hilarious supporting cast that put the "whack" in "whacko," the couple--and the audience--experience a range of lifestyles, climates, and parenting styles that provoke meaningful dialogue about family and love. Much of this thoughful discussion stems from the screenwriting done by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. Eggers, a memoirist, short-storyist, and editor, ranks among my top 10 favorite writers with his witty banter and invaluable perspective. These screenwriters crafted a couple who not only deeply care about each other but about the world that inevitably affects the other. And even when Verona continuously refuses to marry Burt the audience believes wholeheartedly that these souls will never--can never--part if true love ever did exist. They are completely adorable and mismatched and bohemian and unconventional, but they are also entirely grounded and loving and true. Often times that is the way of life, that the very people who think themselves the "eff-ups" following this very winding, wandering road, often are the very people who have it all together in life and love.
I just loved it. I hope you will too :)