Pros: Interesting look at fifties life; performances of Bates and Shannon Cons: I had little sympathy for the lead characters
"Revolutionary Road" takes a look at a way of life that has become familiar. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as Frank and April Wheeler, an unhappily married couple in 1955 suburban Connecticut. Frank works in New York in a thankless job at the ...
Pros: Acting was superb. Supporting cast was even better. Cons: Spiritless pacing at several points throughout the film.
Kate Winslet was refreshing in The Reader. Her performance in The Reader made the novel film exceptional. Kate is a solid actress. Leonardo DiCaprio is slowly growing on me. The most recent film I have seen with ...
Pros: Mendes, Deakins, Winslet, DiCaprio Cons: Dark subject not for everyone
As a novel Richard Yates’ 1961 Revolutionary Road may be one of the most overlooked classics that we never got around to reading. It was a finalist for the National Book Award, and in 2005 was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best ...
Pros: DeCaprio, Winslet, Shannon, directing, script and cinematography Cons: Depressing
For those of us who grew up in the 1950's, "Revolutionary Road" struck some very familiar, painful chords. While many have looked at that era as the "good ol' days", in reality the '50 contained many of the seeds of discontent that would explode in ...
Pros: Richard Yates' novel, Roger Deakin's photography, Kristi Zea's design, Michael Shannon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet. Cons: Mendes/ Hathe's failure finding inspired images, connective dramatic tissue equalling Yates' magnificent summary narratives.
In his 1961 first novel, Revolutionary Road, leading the way for writers like Ray Carver, Andre Dubus and others, Richard Yates set the pattern for the rest of his career. The central characters of his novel, Frank and April Wheeler, in the minds ...
Pros: Great cast, great performances by Bates, Winslet and Kathryn Hahn Cons: Some may find this slow, boring, too long
After reading Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road, I was curious to watch the movie and see how it adapted from the book to the film. I was excited to watch the film because I really enjoy Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates. I must say ...
Pros: Incredibly performances by Shannon, Bates, Winslet and Decaprio. Flawlessly captures psychology of the time. Cons: Lock away the razor blades and sleeping pills.
Revolutionary Road (2009) Directed by Sam Mendes"Hopeless emptiness. Now you've said it. Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness." John Givings.Frank and April Wheeler ...
Pros: The look, Kate Winslet and Michael Shannon Cons: Leo and a lost message. Oh and did I mention it's staggeringly depressing?
Warning: Spoilers run rampant in this piece of workMy writing over the past year has been sporadic at best and completely absent at worst. Last night, while watching my now year old son wander the house like either a ship board drunk or ...
Pros: Direction. Acting. Michael Shannon. Cons: Predictable.
Sam Mendes’ American Beauty was one of the best films of 1999 – it captured the banality of the American Dream with an acerbic wit and subtle honesty that made its story worth exploring again and again. With a movie that accomplished ...
Pros: Michael Shannon's Oscar-nominated performance. Winslet. Cons: It all feels too carefully crafted to actually crackle with life.
Hollywood seems to like to explore the idea that American suburbia is a cultural, spiritual, moral and BORING wasteland. How many times have we seen this shot: A camera on a crane is overlooking a typical street in a typical, cookie-cutter ...
Pros: Great job by Michael Shannon who portrays a mental patient, cinematography is solid. Cons: A real downer that offers little insight into life. Definitely NOT for children!
"It's my dream!" "No, it's mine!" "You're not going to steal it from me"!" "I deserve it more than you!" Are these the words of our characters, Frank and April Wheeler, or are they the words of DiCaprio and Winslet between ...
Pros: Great acting all around, Expert Direction, Fantastic Cinematography Cons: The melancholly feeling after is unpleasent
Revolutionary Road is one of the highest profile oscar contenders this year. With all three key players, star DiCaprio, leading lady Winslett, and director Mendes all being Oscar favorites of the past since all of them have one or more Best Picture ...
A young 1950s All-American couple (Ambitious salesman Leonardo Di Caprio, dreamer/homemaker Kate Winslet) seek achievement of The American Dream, so that one day Di Caprio can leave his job, they can sell their house, and move to Paris to be happy. ...
Pros: A few moments of performance/character, Soundtrack Cons: Melodramatic, Nothing happens, Poor writing, Unlikable characters, Soundtrack telegraphs everything.
It's a tough thing to stand before your fellow critics and ask "What movie did you just watch?!" for a film that is receiving universal praise. However, having just endured the latest Sam Mendez film, "Revolutionary Road," I stand up in the community, ...
Pros: Wardrobe. Lighting. Cons: The drama is constantly seen through the prism of a modern eye, which wrecks it.
There is a play staged in the first act of “Revolutionary Road,” but the viewer never glimpses a scene of it. Rather, we see a curtain closing on the alarmed face of Kate Winslet, her eyes doubtful and filling with tears, and it is to the ...
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