‘Away We Go’ A Focus Features release Rating: R for language and some sexual content Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes LOS ANGELES — Movies about pregnancy all too often feature mad dashes to the maternity ward, delivery-room histrionics and bumbling, hovering relatives. “Away We Go” rejects those clichés and instead takes an honest, humorous and ultimately moving look at the prospect of a family growing from two members to three. Husband-and-wife writers Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida were inspired by becoming parents themselves — they now have two kids — but didn’t draw from their own experiences in writing the script. Nevertheless, the characters’ adventures feel real and relatable. John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph are lovely together as Burt and Verona, a couple in their 30s on the brink of having their first child who travel...
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