Movie review: Revolutionary Road

Title : Revolutionary Road (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance (according to IMDB – not to me)
Cast: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Sam Mendes
Length: 119 min
Website: revolutionaryroadmovie.com
IMDB rating at the time of writing: 8/10
Nomark rating: 5.5/10

Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio form a couple in Revolutionary Road, who are having problems finding their place in the world. They are planning on moving from the states to Paris, France. Unfortunately, their boat hits an iceberg, the boat sinks, poor Leo dies and their dream to be happy ever after together is drowned in the atlantic ocean.

Sorry, I couldn’t resist to write that down. This movie takes place in the mid-1950′s suburbs somewhere in Connecticut. Frank is a guy who’s still unsure about the what to do with his life. April however, knows exactly what to do. She wants to be an actress. After meeting each other on a party the movie skips to them being the happily married Wheeler family. The Wheelers lives on Revolutionary Road. Frank is a salesman and April takes care of their kids.

This movie is about the tension between Frank and April. April was forced to become a housewife after she gave birth to two children (who are almost never viewed in the movie somehow) and had to give up all her ambitions of being a successful actress, while Frank is unhappy at his boring office job.

The camera work and acting were good, but I didn’t really enjoy the movie. It was a bit too dramatic and depressing in my opinion. Maybe I watched the movie in the wrong time of the year (Christmas), but I had a hard time finishing the movie. I always rate a movie on how I feel after I watched it and I feel sh*t right now. I’ll give it 5.5 out of 10 for the good effort of the actors, but the story receives 4 out of 10. Only recommended if you want to get depressed…