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Revolutionary Road (2008)

dir: Sam Mendes

Revolutionary Road is a British-American drama film based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates. The setting is suburban Connecticut in the 1950s. Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) meets April (Kate Winslet) at a party. He is a longshoreman, hoping to be a cashier; she wants to be an actress. The Wheeler couple moves to the address 115 Revolutionary Road when April becomes pregnant. Frank and April settle into the normalcy of their life, raising their son Michael (Ty Simpkins) and daughter Jennifer (Ryan Simpkins). To the friends, the Wheelers are the perfect couple, but hidden behind those smiling faces, the couple share upheavals and tribulations in life. April failed in her attempt to make a career out of acting, while Frank hates the unimportance and monotony of his work. Frank is stuck in the same job that his father worked for 20 years, ultimately fading into history unnoticed. April wants new scenery and a chance to support the family so that Frank can search for his passion. (Wikipedia)

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Revolutionary Road

philip

8 stars

This bleak, bleak film was hard for me to watch. Leonardo DiCaprio absolutely mesmerized me as Frank Wheeler, and the supporting cast was phenomenal. Kathy Bates and Kathryn Hahn were heartbreaking; Michael Shannon was alternately dead and manic as the certified insane version of Frank and April Wheeler (April was played by Kate Winslet). But I'm getting ahead of myself. ...