Think of the most boring script you could ever come up with…
No? Can’t do it? Sam Mendes can. In fact, he’s made a film that just about takes the cake when it comes to mind-numbing tedium and films that make you want to die. Away We Go is about a couple of losers expecting a child. They need to start a new life, so off they go to brighter places to see relatives you’d generally want to shoot. It’s a sentimental story that might appeal to unmarried couples who think their lives are over and there’s even a few laughs if you like neurotic, American humour.
Otherwise, it’s a clanger of a film played to the depressive drone of roots music by Alexi Murdoch. We think that th- YAWNNNNN. And away we go.
