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Revolutionary Road

2008

Sam Mendes

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon ...

6.9

47,163

Drama. Romance “Revolutionary Road” is about an unhappy couple in the Connecticut suburbs whose marriage implodes. Frank and April have always seen themselves as special, different, ready and willing to live their lives based on higher ideals. So, as soon as they move into their new house on Revolutionary Road, they proudly declare their independence from the suburban inertia that surrounds them and determine never to be trapped by the social confines ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Raw and riveting (...) DiCaprio is in peak form, bringing layers of buried emotion to a defeated man. And the glorious Winslet defines what makes an actress great, blazing commitment to a character (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Di Caprio and Winslet] are so good, they stop being actors and become the people I grew up around (...) This film is so good it is devastating (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'Revolutionary Road' is the kind of great novel that Hollywood tends to botch, because much of it takes place inside the heads of its characters, and because the Wheelers aren’t especially likeable"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'Revolutionary Road' gets my vote as the best American film of 2008."
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"A very good bigscreen adaptation of an outstanding American novel -- faithful, intelligent, admirably acted, superbly shot."
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"The result is that 'Revolutionary Road,' while undoubtedly tasteful, restrained and emotionally affecting, is a hard movie to love"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A deeply felt, moving and genuinely tragic study of a marriage tearing itself apart (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"[It] fully exploits the drama, with scenes, dialogue, and even key visuals pulled from the text (...) Kate Winslet shines (...) Leonardo DiCaprio is good"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"It’s keenly observed, handsomely mounted, supremely well-acted (...) Both director and cast keep the familiar journey intense"
		Angie Errigo Empire	"Huge kudos to the cast, then, and to Mendes, not least for an absolutely inspired final shot. (...) Handsomely done and beautifully acted (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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