last night i watched away we go. you would think i would have watched it sooner since it stars my faaaaaaavorite man in all of the world whom i don't actually know nor have ever met, john krasinski. but honestly the movie looked kinda boring. so i never got around to it til yesterday. (fyi: some spoilers but really, this isn't a mystery or thriller so does it REALLY matter?)it started off fucking fantastic. jim halpert porn! he goes down on mya rudolph. i would've been jealous if it weren't for the fact that i was totally picturing myself as the girl. that scene alone made my night.
after that, the movie continue to be funny and interesting. mya (i'm using the actor's names since i don't remember the character's names) got knocked up by the only man worth getting preggers by. they're living in colorado and find out that john's parents are moving away for 2 years. the whole reason for them living there was to be near his parents, and hers are dead. so she comes up with the idea to move somewhere else since they don't have to stay there anymore. and i guess they make a shit ton of money to just go travelling to random places and not even think about how much rent would be, cuz the whole movie is them going to random places trying to see if they fit there, if they'd like it there, if it would be a good place to raise a child. each place, they know someone and the people they know are fucking wackjobs. phoenix and couple number one, the mom is a loud mouth who says whatever comes to her mind, no matter if her kids are around. she makes fun of her son's ears and talks about her daughter so obviously being a "dyke" right in front of both of them, explaining that they can't hear her because they aren't paying attention and that kids are born how they are. "they come out of the womb fucked up" so it doesn't really matter what you say or do.
they decide no to that place. after visiting mya's sister in tucson, they move onto wisconsin and couple number two, who are....buttfucking insane! first you think they're just some crazy dirty hippies. then... it goes way beyond that. the thing that stuck out most was that they fuck in front of their children. hell, with the children in the bed. why, they don't want to hide their love from them. i say, fucking hide your love. really. please. believe me, there's other crazy shit there too.
natch, they decide to go far far away from there. and go to montreal and couple number three. it's lovely here. gravy on french fries, the couple is fun and sweet, they have a bunch of kids who are all adorable and they all take care of each other. it's a real loving family. they have a good time but then find out that their lady friend has had 5 miscarriages. the couple can't seem to have children and it's tearing them up inside. i definitely started crying at that part, i can't even imagine and hope i never have to. they decide that they want to live there but get a call from john's brother who needs them there.
so they're off to miami. and they find out that his brother's wife left the family. the poor guy thought she was coming back and lied to his daughter about where her mom went and now that he knows she isn't coming back, he's freaking out about how to tell her, contemplating saying that she was murdered. john, natch, gets pissed that this woman would do that, just leave her child behind. and he kinda breaks down a bit and mya comforts him. he wants to marry her, but she won't since her parents can't be there to see them married. so on a trampoline in the middle of the night, they make their own promises to each other, which include that mya will never leave him or the child and he won't even mention loving her even if he can no longer see her vagina.
finally, mya talks about her deceased parents, which she never had before and they decide to find their own home to live in. and they do. and it's sweet.
i really loved this movie. it has heart and humor and it's kinda original. it was really lovely to watch and it's the only thing john krasinski has been in since the office that didn't suck ass. also it was fun hearing john swear and use the word "cuntsucker" which is now a word that will be entering my vocabulary.





