Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite for the 1st time since the Titanic sailed into theaters 10 years ago. The two movies could not be any more different. Revolutionary Road is a drama driven by the intense dialogue hurled out by the two leads with a special effect shot nowhere to be seen in the 2 hour runtime. Frank (DiCaprio) & April (Winslet) are a young married couple living in suburbia with their two children. They begin to feel as if their lives have become formulated and uninteresting so they look for a change - a change of scenery, a new job, a new way of life (they decide on all three). At the heart of the film is the question - “what should we be doing with our lives?” Why does it seem that so many people fall into the same rut of working at a job that they don't like to afford things that they really do not need? For one, to support their family, but many forget during that journey what it is that they truly set out to discover in life. Just before Frank & April are to leave suburban life behind for Paris, April discovers she is pregnant with their 3rd child. This causes Frank to have second thoughts about their decision to start a new life. The acting by both DiCaprio (he should at least see an Oscar nomination for this) and Winslet is phenomenal and it actually has to be at that level for the film to have any weight at all. Through their on-screen arguments they carry the ideals of the story. This movie is certainly not for everyone and I can see some people brushing off the dreams that the characters have as “crazy notions of an unhappily married couple.” However, it worked for me as I believed their story and their feelings. This is one of the year’s best!

Ry's Rating: A-

If this movie had Parents, they would be: Little Children & The Hours

With a runtime of 119 minutes

This film is rated R