DISQUS

ScreenRant.com · 10 months ago

Wow... I saw this film quite differently. I thought it was all about the performances and although you do bring up an excellent point about the children, I think that April was so insanely self-absorbed that they were a non-issue for her. I did think they were a part of the equation for Frank. The thing is they were really a bit too young to realize what was going on.

Here's my take:

http://screenrant.com/revolutionary-road-reviews-...

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Jim Rohner · 10 months ago

Bravo Josh. I concur with many of your points. I especially liked the idea of American Beauty 2 - even the solitary piano track sounded just like the diddy from American Beauty. One thing I kept asking myself was "what the hell happened to Mendes that caused him to hate the suburbs so much?" It's like "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?" only with the pretentious thread of "only the crazy guy understands them. Get it?!?"

Scope out my review if you have the time - I think we echo each other on a lot of points.
http://www.zoom-in.com/blog/film-tv/jim-rohner/re...

_Christopher_M · 10 months ago

for some reason I never believed DiCaprio in his role...he still seems too young for certain roles and being clean shaven works against him when playing older characters...while it was a good attempt the overall film was lacking depth...the supporting actors all seemed out of place or thought they were making a different movie...I have yet to see The Reader but I have higher hopes for Winslet in that film...I totally agree with Josh on the lack of focus on the children who we only had glimpses of...

CaptainReg0981 · 10 months ago

Its hard to see him older but he is definitely showing his age now.

DIPESH DHAKAL · 9 months ago

Leonardo DiCaprio impersonates a man obsessed by ideas about his “own prodigious merit.” The film begins with a disastrous community in which the lead character role as the greasy-spoon waitress who dreams of going to west Europe for the better settlement. Kate Winslet continues to be pitch-perfect in nearly everything she does. Not to be missed. Her performance is admirable. She has few spoken lines but she doesn’t need the words; the dread and darkness in her face broadcasts a searchlight of despair that would penetrate a bunker. The movie captures the timeless suffering of the unhappy marriage, in the way the spouses know each other's weak spots and go for the jugular, and in the way arguments can veer out of control from the simplest of beginnings. In conclusion, Revolutionary Road has deception, infidelity, operatic shouting, clandestine abortion, and has tried to prove the bitter truth that prevails in the society through an insane character, and who proves how unfit for society he is by making every acid comment cut to the truths that no one else will speak.
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