Kate Winslet,
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Kathryn Hahn,
Kathy Bates,
Michael Shannon
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Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
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December 26, 2009Based on the classic novel which takes a dark, heavy look on 50's American culture. The illusion of happiness 50's style, the phoniness put alongside pent up emotions and broken dreams. Leads to a Sam Mendes depressing conclusion. Not one to watch again but great performances.
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December 4, 2009This one makes it to 4 stars based purely on the acting. It is a performance driven film as there isn?t so much as a storyline more about a fly on the wall watching of the ins and outs of a couple's relationship.
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November 3, 2009Wow . . . If you know me, you know that Kate Winslet is on my all-time favorite actors list. For me to put a living actor on my all-time favorite list takes some great work. If you know me, you also know that Leonardo DiCaprio not only is not on my all-time favorite actor list,...( read more)
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October 28, 2009An intense film, yet quite disturbing as well with it's unique edge. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio star as a young married couple in the '50s whose lives are based on what they believe to be of the higher ideals, only to find themselves on emotional rollercoasters due to the...( read more)
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August 8, 2009A bit of a slow, melodramatic tale of a married couple's so-called "boring" life in the suburbs in the 1950s. I'm really not a fan of these types of movies because I don't think life in the suburbs is as mundane as Hollywood portrays it... but that's just me.
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February 1, 2010Recreates the 1950s like a calm but deadly pool, with visual appeal like The Hours and Far From Heaven. However, one must go all the way back to Taylor and Burton in the classic Who?s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to see a couple grapple this way with the unresolvable tensions withi...( read more)
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January 20, 2010Somewhat fascinating and quite tragic into one look at life in the 50's. Certainly a depressing way to view marriage and relationships, at any rate.
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January 17, 20101/17/10 - I guess I'd seen this before. I forgot. I still don't really get the love for it, but I liked it better than the first time I saw it. Maybe if I'd been married or something? Blech.
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January 15, 2010it bored me a bit, but that might be because i watched it in the afternoon in bright summer light. either way...i wasn't paying attention all the time but i did find it reall good
Critic Reviews
January 30, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
January 9, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Viewers in the mood for rip-snorting marital combat should go ahead and partake, but they must prepare to leave the theatre in a state of profound depression. full review
January 5, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Winslet gives a fearless performance here. It's not her fault her husband has shrouded it in Taste. full review
January 5, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This film is so good it is devastating. A lot of people believe their parents didn't understand them. What if they didn't understand themselves? full review
January 5, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Sam Mendes has worked in this territory before with his Oscar-winning American Beauty. Revolutionary Road is a better movie because it doesn't rely on such blatant caricatures. full review
January 5, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Revolutionary Road is easily the best-acted film of 2008, and one of the most corrosive. full review
January 5, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Revolutionary Road gets my vote as the best American film of 2008. full review
December 29, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
The pompous direction was inflicted by Sam Mendes, who seems to regard the 1950s as a foreign country. full review
December 23, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
It's cynical dramedy for people who pride themselves on being smart -- that is, unsentimental. full review
December 22, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Directed with extraordinary skill by Sam Mendes, the film is a tough road well worth traveling. full review
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March 3, 2009I got excited about this movie because it really related to me. Well not completely but I want to quit my job and move too! I really thought it was actually going to happen but then it didnt and that sucked. The ending of the movie was pretty random and uncalled for, I think. Extra sad for no reason. I guess I just had hopes of a story of triumph in leaving your mundane life behind and going for your dreams but they slapped me in the face.
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January 21, 2009There is an insightful and entertaining review of Revolutionary Road on YouTube by people who are veterans in the biz....check it out
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January 18, 2009DiCaprio is truly SENSATIONAL in this film, giving by far the best performance among the cast, and actually elevates the film from being forgettable, to an actual experience.
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