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474 |
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2.99/4 |
# of Ratings: |
75 |
Genres: |
Drama, Romance |
Rating: |
R |
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English |
DVD Release: |
06/02/2009 |
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Director: |
Sam Mendes |
Actors: |
Leonardo DiCaprio
Kate Winslet
Kathy Bates
Kathryn Hahn
Michael Shannon
Ryan Simpkins |
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A couple living in 1950s suburban Connecticut struggle to keep their relationship intact while rising above their mediocre lives.
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08/04/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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I Am Grateful For One Thing... |
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Truly wonderful and outstandingly brilliant, "Revolutionary Road" brings all facets of marriage, love, relationships, children, disappointment, and realizations to the forefront of the lives of Frank and April Wheeler, two mediocre citizens of a suburban nightmare.
While at once tackling the complex romance-lessness of marriage, this film also expresses a yearning for greatness...something to be remembered about. Who among us do not feel like the man or woman of this couple sometime in our romantic lives?
Sam Mendes [aka Mr. Kate Winselt] brings a vividly stunning cinematographer with an outstanding screenwriter and three of the greatest screen talents alive today and melds them together with relative simplicity and ease. Michael Shannon's outstanding performance left me in tears,... |
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4/4 |
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07/20/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Great acting...all else, boring |
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The acting was brilliant by everyone. But, nothing happened, which was probably the point, to show us how boring and monotonous are lives are. The "Keeping up with the Jones's" syndrome. However, I found it boring and unentertaining, which is what a movie is supposed to do, entertain, not matter the subject of the film. I think any sane viewer realizes how boring their own lives are and they don't need it pounded into their head. |
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2/4 |
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04/05/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Revolutionary Road |
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Sam Mendes is at his best with this kind of subject matter. Revolutionary Road is probably his best work since American Beauty, although I loved JarHead as well. I was deeply moved by this movie and it was extremely pressing for me. I felt almost nauseous at the movie theatre at times. It was very tragic, but sadly so true. Revolutionary road has a great cast and Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have amazing chemistry on screen as we have seen before in Titanic over ten years ago. I was actually thinking that this movie is almost like sequel to Titanic. What if Jack wouldnt have died? I also want to give extra credit for Michael Shannon, who well deserved his Oscar nomination. In this world where societies norms dictate how people live their lives the only sane person was the the crazy ... |
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3.5/4 |
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03/11/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The passion, the anger, the sadness, and the pain. This movie is absolutely emotional. Aspect for your emotions to really be touched in this film. Kate Winslet deserved the Best Actress Oscar for this movie. She takes acting to another level. Leonardo DiCaprio has a gift to really make you feel for each and every character he plays. This was one of the best movies of 2008. |
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3/4 |
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02/13/2009 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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Watch once |
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A fairly interesting film with good performances and great looking cinematography. It is miserable people being miserable and that it is interesting to watch just to see where it goes, although I dislike the fact that it skips over any happiness they might have ever had, but whatever. Anyways almost interesting enough to watch one time, I do not see why you would want to watch this again. It is not all that creative though because the people arguing all the time has been done in many many films before and it is not really more interesting than a stock action scene. Also the emptiness found in normal people is just annoying, some filmmakers need to give it a break.
Oscar Nominee Best Supporting Actor Michael Shannon 2/5- A part that is a bit much to begin with and a forced plot element... |
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2/4 |
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Personally, i found this movie to be severely OK.
i thought Kate Winslet's performance was good, but overrated.
i also thought (and i might be the only person in America to think this) that Michael Shannon deserved the oscar more than Heath Ledger. |
03/10/2009
4:28 pm CT
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You have valid points. I do disagree though. I feel that you can tell what is making them feel this way. You can see it is because of the Joneses that they want to have a house, have a car, have a job, have children. It is the way society perceives them that they must be. This is true because if you look at the old couple, you see the same things. If their friends leave, then they get jealous (as with the young couple as well). I feel sorry for them because they had to feel like they were only doing those things to fit in. In those days (and even some now) it was about fitting in, where as now we are encourage to be a little more unique, even if we are all the same. Not saying you are wrong, just saying why I liked the movie. Both AB and RFAD are both much much better movies, but I still liked this one. |
02/20/2009
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Haven't seen The Reader, but the reason I don't like this movie isn't because it's depressing, it's because there's no sympathy for any of these characters. AB and Requiem at least showed you an emotional journey the characters went on so you could see what the characters were and what they become. We don't get that with Rev Rd. We have one scene with the hysterically written line "I want to feel things...really FEEL things" and then seconds later Kate and Leo are screaming at each other. If we had seen what drove these characters to their unhappiness or the sacrifices they made I'd have some sympathy, but just being told from the start 'by the way, these characters are unhappy, and you should feel sorry for them' doesn't work for me. Life didn't turn out the way you hoped? Big deal! That's true for everyone! |
02/20/2009
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