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After winning Best Picture and Best Director for his zeitgeist-seizing debut feature American Beauty<\/i>, Sam Mendes instantly became a director who generate awards chatter no matter the project. In 2009, he took a noticeable tonal downshift with Away We Go<\/i>, a minor key comedy about a young pregnant couple on a road trip to decide where they want to grow their roots. Despite praise for Maya Rudolph\u2019s performance as a soon-to-be mother still grieving the untimely death of her parents and John Krasinski opposite her as her jokester partner, the film didn\u2019t succeed as summer counter-programming and mostly forgotten in the season to come.<\/p>\n
This episode, we talk about the\u00a0harsh reviews that found the film more judgmental than reflective and Rudolph\u2019s understated and absorbing performance.\u00a0We also talk about Alexi Murdoch\u2019s soundtrack, possibly semi-autobiographical screenwriter marrieds Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, and\u00a0the film\u2019s bursting ensemble of fantastic character actors from Melanie Lynskey, Allison Janney, and Maggie Gyllenhaal.<\/p>\n
Topics also include this year\u2019s New York Film Critics Circle award winners, Mendes\u2019 pivot to Bond, and the lure of Montreal.\u00a0Don\u2019t forget to get submissions in for our upcoming mailbag episode!<\/p>\n
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