Fresh
Mendes has made a troubling film that wrestles with big themes and touchy subjects, even if it is set in an overly familiar milieu.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Revolutionary Road
How do you break free without breaking apart?
2008 · 1h 59m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sam Mendes
Overview
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Director and cast
- Sam Mendes Director
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Wheeler
- Kate Winslet as April Wheeler
- Michael Shannon as John Givings
- David Harbour as Shep Campbell
- Kathryn Hahn as Milly Campbell
- Kathy Bates as Mrs. Helen Givings
- Zoe Kazan as Maureen Grube
- Dylan Baker as Jack Ordway
- Jay O. Sanders as Bart Pollock
- Ryan Simpkins as Jennifer Wheeler
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Bolstered by Thomas Newman's score, spot-on set design and the brilliant source material, "Revolutionary Road" is a darkly effective portrait of an Eisenhower-era couple who fall tragically short of reaching Camelot.
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
Fresh
This is a sobering, well-observed film that doesn't fully hit the mark but sets up enough pleasing ideas to chew on regarding ambition, marriage and ideals of how to live one's life, individually and as a couple.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
If Revolutionary Road had been filmed back in 1961, when the novel came out, it would have been timely and powerful.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Bitter, nerve-wracking, ugly and relentless, Revolutionary Road is Big Drama done right, a mesmerizing look at desperate lives, wrong moves and spoiled dreams that hits hard right from the beginning and never lets up.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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