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Mid-thirtysomethings Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant are a loving couple. Burt has always wanted to marry Verona, but Verona resists, not seeing the point of the institution. Regardless, they are having a baby together, despite questioning their potential parenting abilities. They are happy that they made the decision to move close to Burt’s parents, Jerry and Gloria Farlander, as they want to share the experience with the baby’s grandparents. Verona’s own parents died over ten years earlier, a situation about which she doesn’t like to discuss. In Verona’s sixth month, she and Burt learn that Jerry and Gloria are moving to Antwerpen, Belgium the month before the baby is due, just because it’s something they’ve always wanted to do. Burt and Verona don’t understand what they see as Jerry and Gloria’s selfishness in putting this move above spending time with their impending granddaughter… –IMDb

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Arthur Freitas

4Mar12

Delicioso de se ver, a dramédia de “Por uma vida melhor” toma gravidade, consciência e tristeza de assalto, mas sem jamais se tornar pessimista.

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Singha Song

20Feb12

A nice film however there was so much more that could of been developed and some scenes went by too quickly to gain any real substance. Yes, granted it is a 'road' film but I just felt a little short changed overall.

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ste_simpson

21Oct11

Deplorable.

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Judicial Joe

10Oct11

C-. Sam Mendes semi-loses his shit and makes an indie comedy bordering on mumblecore. Krasinski and Rudolph are adorable, but there's little more going for it, certainly not laughs. Also, a lot of genuinely intelligent stances (nihilism, earthy feminism, etc.) get maligned into quick gags. :P

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Movie Poster of the Week: "Super"

By Adrian Curry on March 4, 2011

Call it the Napoleon Dynamite effect. It may have been used before that, but ever since that 2004 phenomenon, the photo-doodle montage has

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AWAY WE GO Review: Sam Mendes' Road Trip

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
Burt and Verona are a perfectly happy couple. It’s everyone else who’s crazy. Comfortably ensconced in a long-term relationship, bearded Burt (John Krasinski) and pregnant Verona (Maya Rudolph) are dismayed
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AWAY WE GO Review: Sam Mendes' Road Trip

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
Burt and Verona are a perfectly happy couple. It’s everyone else who’s crazy. Comfortably ensconced in a long-term relationship, bearded Burt (John Krasinski) and pregnant Verona (Maya Rudolph) are dismayed
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Très beau

By Benoît on September 12, 2011

Le couple vu par Mendes. Une fois encore. Mais avec un autre aspect, celui qui chamboule toute vie d’un couple: l’arrivée d’un enfant. Comment s’y préparer? Comment allons-nous être transformés? De…  read review

A Wal-Mart "story-by-numbers" film!

By Blasphe​mer on April 28, 2010

Welcome to the Wal-Mart “story-by-numbers” film kit! What’s that? You fancy yourself to be a deep, reflective thinker who is filled with a sense of nostalgia whenever you look back on the turmoil…  read review

Away We Go

By Amir Syarif Siregar on April 21, 2010

Ketika melakukan debut penyutradaraannya pada tahun 1999 lewat American Beauty, sutradara Inggris, Sam Mendes, mengejutkan dunia dengan kemampuannya mengarahkan sebuah drama komedi satir tentang kehidupan…  read review

A la recherche du couple que nous voudrions être...

By hubertg​uillaud on April 6, 2010

Comme dans son précédent film (l’excellent Revolutionary Road), Sam Mendes explore comment un couple se projette en tant que couple. Dans ce road movie d’un couple à la recherche de lui-même, Mendes…  read review

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