searching for the perfect home: Away We Go

On a nice, snowy, and white afternoon, we watched Away We Go , a movie by Sam Mendes.
It was an OK movie, kind of ruined the chance to become way too better than it is.



It is about a young couple having a baby and searching for the perfect home for their family. They visit various friends and family in different cities to find out where to settle down. So in other words it is a road movie; throughout a journey they manage to solve their issues. I like this kind of approach. It brings a dynamism to the movie cause as the locations change everything changes. However, i think this movie was weak in reflecting the change in locations. Use of space and the different characteristics of the cities and their effect on people could be portrayed better i think. And the idea that they arrive to a new city could be visualized better. For instance i liked that in the movie Up in the Air, where each city is introduced with a view from the plane creating really nice patterns.
Instead of the environment, there was more focus on the variety of people they meet in each location. But as Şeyda said after the movie, they were too caricatured, too extreme. It was funny to some extent but i don't think it was that much necessary to make the point that it wasn't for them.
What i liked most about it was the music, mostly performed by Alexi Murdoch. It was so soft and sensational, upgrading the whole atmosphere of the movie.