One of this year's most pleasant surprises was Sam Mendes's AWAY WE GO, a big-hearted comedy about a happily unmarried couple erratically searching for the ideal place to raise their soon-to-be-born child. I never thought a control-freak, seemingly misanthropic director like Mendes would be able to make a film with such warmth, but he completely gave himself over to the soulful screenplay from Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida and turned in what is easily his best movie to date (featuring great performances from an ensemble cast which includes John...
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