away (to the movies) we go

i saw the new sam mendes (revolutionary road, american beauty) movie, away we go, yesterday with my roommates. the sudden rainfall made our original plans (the big apple bbq) a bit difficult, so we decided to make it a movie day instead.

john krasinski was even more lovable in this role than he is as jim halpert in "the office" (if you can imagine such a thing), but it was maya rudolph who really blew me away. i haven't seen her act in anything outside of saturday night live, so i was pleasantly surprised by her performance.

burt (john) and verona (maya), a young, thirty-something couple, discover they're pregnant and eventually find themselves searching for the perfect place to call "home" (only after they learn burt's parents, their closest family, are moving to belgium a month before the baby is born).

as the story plays out, burt and verona travel to different parts of the country, visiting family and friends along the way. in their quest for "home," they learn a lot about what they do and do not want for their soon-to-be family of three. it's a really sweet (sometimes sad) story, but, rest assured, there's plenty of humor to keep you hooked. jeff daniels (the squid & the whale), allison janney (juno) and maggie gyllenhaal (stranger than fiction) make guest appearances... all of which will have you rolling out of your seat with laughter. give it a go! you won't be disappointed... at least i hope not.