Revolutionary Road
great film. - mart1n
In the opening scene of Revolutionary road, it's a case of love at first sight when the characters played by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio meet at a party in the late 1940's. The rest of the movie then closely observes the disintegration of their relationship. After the prologue the narrative moves forward to 1955 when Frank (DiCaprio) and April (Winslet) Wheeler are a married couple living with their two children in a comfortable home on Revolutionary Road in suburban Connecticut. Both are pushing 30 and deeply disappointed with not having realised their youthful ideals and their vain ambition to lead the better life they feel they deserve. Determined not to fall into what they perceive as their suburban neighbours rut of daily existence the Wheelers talk about its "hopeless emptiness". Frank who served in France during the war, remarks how "people are there, not like here". His disillusionment is not just professional but has turned personal , and on his birthday he drunkenly allows himself the present of an afternoon of lust with a secretary from his office. On a superficial level, Revolutionary road recalls the cynical picture of suburbia drawn in the Oscar- winning American Beauty also directed by this movies maker, Sam Mendes. This emotionally charged movie is equally expressive in its silences. Winslets portrayal of April subtly catches the shifts her personality as she loses her natural confidence and confronts the erosion of love in her marriage. As Frank, DiCaprio rarely if ever been more impressive, and never more so then in one particularly strong scene that is brief and where does not speak a word. Its impact is devastating. Great acting and a great film.
Review published on the 11 May 2009 19:26
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