Away We Go (2009)
This is a film that can go into the blog-turned-book "Stuff White People Like," just like, ostensibly, Wes Anderson movies and, substantially, "Juno." There are many reasons I said that, but I'm just gonna give a couple of points here. Although the soundtrack (Alexi Murdoch) reminds us a lot of Wes Anderson's movies (and that of "Juno" as well), the latter is way darker and more melancholy than this one. "Juno," on the other hand, not only share the earthly insanity of American life, but also the reproductive worship in the culture. Heterosexuality, pregnancy, home, settling down... All these values are reinforced and exalted in the movie. Others like unrootedness, sexual perversion, and the inability to have off springs are presented as selfish, lunatic, or tragic. To be fair though, it's a funny movie, and not too trying. The acting is good. I enjoyed it.
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