Revolutionary Road - Movie Review and Synopsis

Monday, December 22, 2008

Revolutionary Road April and Frank Wheeler are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a creeping frustration at their inability to feel fulfilled in their relationships or careers. Frank is mired in a well-paying but boring office job, and April is a housewife still mourning the demise of her hoped-for acting career. Determined to identify themselves as superior to the mediocre sprawl of suburbanites who surround them, they decide to move to France where they will be better able to develop their true artistic sensibilities, free of the consumerist demands of capitalist America. As their relationship deteriorates into an endless cycle of squabbling, jealousy and recriminations, their trip and their dreams of self-fulfillment are thrown into jeopardy.

Avoiding the whole Kate and Leo back together again thing is like trying to steer clear of a giant iceberg. So, we’ll just get all the OMG’s out of our system now and crown Mendes the new “King of the World” for this brilliant (and nepotistic) casting move.

Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity.

Director: Sam Mendes
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution