Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kathryn Hahn
Frank and April, a married couple in the 1950s, 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...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
Stats: 9,189 reviews
Flixster Reviews (9,189)
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November 3, 2009
Wow . . . If you know me, you know that Kate Winslet is on my all-time favorite actors list. For me to put a living actor on my all-time favorite list takes some great work. If you know me, you also know that Leonardo DiCaprio not only is not on my all-time favorite actor list,...( read more)
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August 8, 2009
A bit of a slow, melodramatic tale of a married couple's so-called "boring" life in the suburbs in the 1950s. I'm really not a fan of these types of movies because I don't think life in the suburbs is as mundane as Hollywood portrays it... but that's just me.
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July 13, 2009
''Hopeless emptiness. Now you've said it. Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness.''
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to r...( read more) -
July 9, 2009
Kate & Leo have such great chemistry on screen, I enjoyed seeing them in another movie together.
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July 2, 2009
Impeccably staged insight into 50's suburbia which looks sumptuous. I think the mad neighbour who speaks the truth was an unnecessary misstep and I would have liked more back story on how their relationship formed and developed.
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November 6, 2009
Triste e pesante, ma non assolutamente in maniera negativa.
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November 3, 2009
What does a cult 1961 Richard Yates novel about a 1950s marriage rotting in the burbs have to say to a new century? Plenty, and hold on, because the raw and riveting Revolutionary Road hits you where it hurts. To hear Kate Winslet, as April Wheeler, express her desire "to be wond...( read more)
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October 29, 2009
Close up on the interpersonal horror of a relationship full of misunderstandings and selfishness.
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October 28, 2009
An intense film, yet quite disturbing as well with it's unique edge. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio star as a young married couple in the '50s whose lives are based on what they believe to be of the higher ideals, only to find themselves on emotional rollercoasters due to the...( read more)
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October 25, 2009
"No one forgets the truth, Frank, they just get better at lying."
Without a shadow of a doubt, this is one of the most powerfully written, directed and performed films I have ever seen. Justin Haythe has superbly adapted quite an interior novel and made it seem effortle
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Critic Reviews
This is a movie by and for the actors, especially for Kate Winslet, whose prodigious talents are well used throughout this bleak, troubling and powerful drama. full review
Revolutionary Road is a very well-made film indeed, and if it stings a little, that is only a testament to how strong a work it is. full review
Revolutionary Road ranks right up there with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in its characterization of a coupling deeply scabrous and defective. full review
Revolutionary Road isn't just a failed literary adaptation. It's a failure of the worst kind: It doesn't even make you want to read Richard Yates' deservedly legendary book. full review
Viewers in the mood for rip-snorting marital combat should go ahead and partake, but they must prepare to leave the theatre in a state of profound depression. full review
Winslet gives a fearless performance here. It's not her fault her husband has shrouded it in Taste. full review
This film is so good it is devastating. A lot of people believe their parents didn't understand them. What if they didn't understand themselves? full review
Sam Mendes has worked in this territory before with his Oscar-winning American Beauty. Revolutionary Road is a better movie because it doesn't rely on such blatant caricatures. full review
Revolutionary Road is easily the best-acted film of 2008, and one of the most corrosive. full review
Comments
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March 3, 2009I got excited about this movie because it really related to me. Well not completely but I want to quit my job and move too! I really thought it was actually going to happen but then it didnt and that sucked. The ending of the movie was pretty random and uncalled for, I think. Extra sad for no reason. I guess I just had hopes of a story of triumph in leaving your mundane life behind and going for your dreams but they slapped me in the face.
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January 21, 2009There is an insightful and entertaining review of Revolutionary Road on YouTube by people who are veterans in the biz....check it out
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January 18, 2009DiCaprio is truly SENSATIONAL in this film, giving by far the best performance among the cast, and actually elevates the film from being forgettable, to an actual experience.
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