History Film / AwayWeGo

* AdultFear: Burt and Verona express doubts on whether they'll be good parents.

* ComicallyissingThePoint: When Burt points out that Antwerp is 3,000 miles away from where they live, Burt's parents reaction is that it's longer than 3,000 miles.

* BumblingDad: An expecting version.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: When Burt points out that Antwerp is 3,000 miles away from where they live, Burt's parents reaction is that it's longer than 3,000 miles.

* NoPreggerSex: Averted.
* OnlySaneMan: Burt and Verona, at various points.
* ParentalObliviousness / ParentalAbandonment: The plot is kicked off when Burt's parents leave the country, renting their house to strangers (after briefly promising it to Burt and Verona) and seeing no problem with missing out on the birth as well as the first two years of their grandchild's life.

* PlayingAgainstType: This is a breather film for director Creator/SamMendes. While he has contained themes explored in his previous films (such as [[BigScrewedUpFamily screwed up families]]), Mendes has usually done sombre, bittersweet and tragic films (even the James Bond film ''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' is a tragedy). This one, however is the complete opposite of his output with him delivering a hopeful and light-hearted film with an optimistic ending.

* TwiceToldTale: ''Away We Go'' could be seen as a counterpart to Mendes' previous film ''Literature/RevolutionaryRoad''. Both focus on an expecting couple unsure about the future, but while Burt and Verona are happy and idealistic life-partners, ''Road'''s Frank and April are in an unloving MasochismTango. [[spoiler: And contrast Road's DownerEnding, with April aborting the baby then killing herself, leaving Frank and their neighbors unhappy, to Go's EarnYourHappyEnding with Burt and Verona moving in to Verona's late parents' home, hopeful about the future.]]

* {{Yandere}}: LN

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: [[Film/AmericanBeauty In]] [[Main/RoadToPerdition contrast]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} to]] [[Creator/SamMendes the director's]] [[Literature/RevolutionaryRoad other]] [[Film/{{Skyfall}} films]], ''Away We Go'' is fairly idealistic and more light-hearted, though it shows the struggles of remaining idealistic.

* PopStarComposer: Alexi Murdoch, replacing Mendes' usual composer Creator/ThomasNewman.

* PopStarComposer: Alexi Murdoch.

''Away We Go'' is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Creator/SamMendes, written by [[Literature/AHeartbreakingWorkOfStaggeringGenius Dave]] [[Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre Eggers]] and Vendela Vida and starring [[TheOfficeUS John Krasinski]] and Creator/MayaRudolph. The film centers on the main couple, Burt and Verona, who are expecting their first child when they suddenly have to find a new home. What follows is a series of encounters with old friends and relatives, other parents with wildly different styles while the couple try to figure out how to raise their impending offspring.

* [[PlayingAgainstType Directing Against Type]]: Most definitely given that Creator/SamMendes' previous works include ''Film/AmericanBeauty'', ''Film/RoadToPerdition'', ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', some not without their humor but all pretty serious and fairly cynical, a stark contrast to this film.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: [[Film/AmericanBeauty In]] [[Main/RoadToPerdition contrast]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} to]] [[Creator/SamMendes the director's]] [[Literature/RevolutionaryRoad other]] [[Film/SkyFall films]], ''Away We Go'' is fairly idealistic and more light-hearted, though it shows the struggles of remaining idealistic.

''Away We Go'' is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Creator/SamMendes, written by [[Literature/AHeartbreakingWorkOfStaggeringGenius Dave]] [[Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre Eggers]] and Vendela Vida and starring [[TheOfficeUS John Krasinski]] and MayaRudolph. The film centers on the main couple, Burt and Verona, who are expecting their first child when they suddenly have to find a new home. What follows is a series of encounters with old friends and relatives, other parents with wildly different styles while the couple try to figure out how to raise their impending offspring.

''Away We Go'' is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Creator/SamMendes, written by [[Literature/AHeartbreakingWorkOfStaggeringGenius Dave]] [[Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre]] and Vendala Vida and starring [[TheOfficeUS John Krasinski]] and MayaRudolph. The film centers on the main couple, Burt and Verona, who are expecting their first child when they suddenly have to find a new home. What follows is a series of encounters with old friends and relatives, other parents with wildly different styles while the couple try to figure out how to raise their impending offspring.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: [[Film/AmericanBeauty In]] [[Main/RoadToPerdition contrast]] [[Film/{{Jarhead}} to]] [[Creator/SamMendes the director's]] [[Literature/RevolutionaryRoad other]] [[Film/SkyFall films]], ''Away We Go'' is fairly idealistic and more light-hearted.

''Away We Go'' is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring [[TheOfficeUS John Krasinski]] and MayaRudolph. The film centers on the main couple, Burt and Verona, who are expecting their first child when they suddenly have to find a new home. What follows is a series of encounters with old friends and relatives, other parents with wildly different styles while the couple try to figure out how to raise their impending offspring.

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* GoodParents

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: [[Film/AmericanBeauty In]] [[Main/RoadToPerdition contrast]] [[JarHead to]] [[Creator/SamMendes the director's]] [[Literature/RevolutionaryRoad other]] [[Film/SkyFall films]], ''Away We Go'' is fairly idealistic and more light-hearted.

* [[PlayingAgainstType Directing Against Type]]: Most definitely given that Sam Mendes' previous works include ''AmericanBeauty'', ''RoadToPerdition'', ''{{Jarhead}}'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad'', some not without their humor but all pretty serious and fairly cynical, a stark contrast to this film.

''Away We Go'' is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring John Krasinski and MayaRudolph. The film centers on the main couple, Burt and Verona, who are expecting their first child when they suddenly have to find a new home. What follows is a series of encounters with old friends and relatives, other parents with wildly different styles while the couple try to figure out how to raise their impending offspring.

''Away We Go'' is a 2009 comedy-drama directed by SamMendes and starring John Krasinski and MayaRudolph. The film centers on the main couple, Burt and Verona, who are expecting their first child when they suddenly have to find a new home. What follows is a series of encounters with old friends and relatives, other parents with wildly different styles while the couple try to figure out how to raise their impending offspring.

* [[PlayingAgainstType Directing Against Type]]: Most definitely given that Sam Mendes' previous works include ''AmericanBeauty'', ''RoadToPerdition'', ''{{Jarhead}}'' and ''RevolutionaryRoad'', some not without their humor but all pretty serious and fairly cynical, a stark contrast to this film.