Revolutionary Road (2008)
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Just perfect...
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Wow what a brilliant film! Scarily real and I'm sure a lot of people can relate to (but would never admit it). Top class acting all round and possibly an Oscar-worthy performance from Kate Winslet. Revolutionary Road shows the dark side of the stereotypical American dream - Married with kids in a nice big house in suburban America with a good job you love and driving a nice car. This 'American dream' is just an illusion that people convince themselves is where true happiness lies. When those people achieve this dream they realise it's not actually what they want in life, and therefore has the opposite effect. Their reaction is to convince themselves that it's what they want and they are in fact happy. I can truly believe this happens to a lot of real people all the time.One thing I love about the film is the amount of irony, especially John Giving's (Michael Shannon) character of being a mentally ill man who says crazy things, who in fact is the only sane character in the whole film. He says what he's thinking and what he sees, where everyone else is superficial and delusional. Very underrated film and I believe the people giving it a negative review don't understand it because they are too narrow-minded and naive - much like most of the characters in the film. To those people: watch the latest Transformers or Fast and Furious film as it's probably more your taste :)
"Titanic" stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio(and even Kathy Bates) reunite for for this movie, which many people call "Titanic" if Jack had lived. However, Jack and Rose are now Frank and April, and they want to live a new life, in Paris to be particular. However, they have affairs which makes the marriage complicated. ' Frank commits adultery, and confesses it to April, and she has no reaction due to an event early in the movie. Frank, in better terms says "So you don't care who I have sex with?" After the movie I told Grandma that April took that really well. Grandma said "I wouldn't take it well!" I personally like this better than "Titanic". The main reason for that is there isn't a subplot like the "necklace" in RR. I can't say much else, but you should know I gave this my highest rating and so did Roger Ebert. That should show how good it is!
I can't count how many times I stopped this film to check Facebook. That's how unnecessary a film it was to me. Choppy and unevenly paced, it felt like two hours of mean behavior, below-average writing, and zero chemistry between two actors who felt bored with the film and each other. Thank God we only had to experience two scenes with the children-that we didn't have to listen to THEM fight as well. I want my wasted time and youth back!!
I can totally understand why so many people didn't like this film: First of all, you don't get the beautiful ever after with this two amazing actors full of good chemistry, and it's a shame but it doesn't make the movie less amazing. And the second thing is that you don't get all your plot holes filled but why would they? I think it would be totally boring if every movie answered all your questions. I really enjoyed the acting, it felt so real and pure, this two were made for this art, and the movie it also has the relatable factor, because we all in one point of our lifes get as crazy as this characters, it makes you feel like you are not the only one, and that is spectacular.