I got a chance to check out Away We Go on Sunday night - the new movie with John Krasinski (Jim from The Office) and Maya Rudolph (awesome from SNL) - and was pleasantly surprised. It had a pretty complete package: comedy, romance, life lessons, Maggie Gyllenhaal. What else could you ask for? Rudolph and Krasinski play "fuck-up" 30-somethings about to have a baby. They have great chemistry on screen, and develop a combination of goofy and sincere well on screen. The screenplay is by David Eggers, of A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, and is pretty phenomenal. And Allison Janney is absolutely the bomb diggity in it. Sidenote: I love Allison Janney.
I was also super psyched about the soundtrack to the movie, which was exclusively done by Alexi Murdoch. I have always loved Murdoch, since the first time I caught "Orange Sky" on WXPN in Philly, and I'm glad he's getting some mainstream play. Murdoch's kind of a suave Jack Johnson, a lush Jose Gonzalez, and he writes great songs. The perfect soundtrack to a light-heartedly introspective movie.
Check out a couple of Alexi's tunes, as well as the trailer for Away We Go. I would definitely recommend it as a humorous and sentimental break from the summer blockbusters.
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