Five Stars : Away We Go

I went to see this movie with my friend Angela. It was painfully apparent a few minutes into the film that this had been a bad idea. The story follows a couple that while not entirely sure of what they should do with their own lives are now going to have a child of their own and are desperate to try and find the best place to raise the child. These are two perfectly reasonable people, they both have jobs, pay their bills, have savings and are ridiculously in love with one another. This is such a refreshing take on these situations because, honestly, I'm tired of the quirky people movies weve had to sit through in the past few years. Real people, that make real decisions can sometimes become completely overwhelmed by the situations that life throws at them and this is 100% alright. It is not a typical rom-com and that's why it seemed like a pretty odd pick to go with somebody with whom Im not romantically involved with. The questions the movie poses are just not great conversation pieces unless there's a relationship there. Sitting in a cafe afterwards asking a friend about her plans on having children is a bit odd. However once the awkwardness was over we were able to talk about our own odd friends and the situations that the characters were launched into throughout the film and how we could totally identify with them. I would also like to point out that Maya Rudolph was a revelation. As I pass the mid-twenties mark in my life and more and more of my friends are getting married and having children, I have often asked myself if I have any of that stuff in me. If any of that is even for me. This film kind of made me feel like this was something I could do, that its all just part of growing up, part of the journey. In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell interested parties that "I think this is something I could" do does not mean I have any plans to have children or get married, now or in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, Angela has not talked to me since the day of the movie, this is probably not a coincidence.