Revolutionary Road: A Review
July 30th 2009 13:08
I wanted to watch this movie at first so bad; thinking I’ll get a reason for my self-justifying daily rants about not wanting to get married and settle down and all that. Let me tell you up front that you if you are like me and want to reiterate to yourself that you are doing the right thing by abstaining from ‘married life’ and ‘suburbia’ you would not find it in this film.
What you will find is a dark and disturbing twist contrary to the movie’s advertising ploys and trailers; which is I guess in itself implying a rather real double meaning to suburban life itself.
Praise goes to Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet for a job well done. Minimal make-up, props and general background ‘noise’ coupled with a compelling and highly emotional set of circumstances bring out the true colours in these two actors’ roles.
Kate Winslet (April Wheeler) is highly believable as a struggling suburban wife bent on leaving her private cul-de-sac for a life in the lights. As Wheeler schemes and rushes and makes timely remarks, Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) falls into her big open traps; but the thing is it is so believable I got confused halfway through the show.
If you are a fan of popular TV hit series “Mad Men”, you will like this movie. It is set a decade or so before “Mad Men” but the general challenge-the-status-quo theme is undeniably present.
It is a poetic and slowly drawn out movie and it definitely borders on being an arthouse. So if you’re used to poppy, fast-paced eye candy you will probably want to give this movie a miss. If you’re not and willing to give something different a try, treat yourself to a rare gem in the movie world for its script, acting, meaning and general watchability.
3 out of 5 stars.
DM
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Comment by Meredith
All in all, I'd say "Revolutionary Road" was one of last year's best.
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