When receiving an entry in my Survey suggesting I do more TV Show and Movie reviews, I knew they were right. With the books stacking up Movie and TV show reviews have taken a back-seat, but I felt like I needed to review a movie, right then and there! So I finished watching it last night and didn’t get the opportunity to review it because I knocked out. I had heard that this one had received rave reviews. I thought it looked interesting and hey I couldn’t resist one with Kate and Leo as a couple, what can I say I’m a hopeless Titanic lover J
The setting is suburban Connecticut
As soon as Frank and April come across the house of 115 Revolutionary Road
I don’t really blame Frank and April for their frustration. Both some time on, become sick of their lives, of the same old routine. Aprils hunger for something new is much stronger than Franks though and it’s when choices clash do things take a darker turn.
I really didn’t expect the dark element that was felt in the last half of the movie. At times it was more subtle but definitely felt. What worried me were the children, they were almost never there, and I must have seen them three to four times perhaps? Is that normal, for the children to be absent in a house where they belong? I think that is one of the first things that tells you that something is very wrong. The movie includes things such as Affairs, deception, lack of communication and misunderstanding. As things become more forced between the couple they are pushed to breaking point.
The movie centres on conforming and being expected to be a certain way. Strangely enough it is John, the son of Mrs Giving's, who is told to be mentally troubled who seems to make the most sense of the situation. I liked John, he was very wise, and seemed to be the one person who told things as they were, he also happened to be a fantastic observer and a very interesting character. One character that I couldn’t stand was Mrs Giving’s. That women is just disgusting, what annoyed me was how frank and April accepted her and her family when they didn't have to, and took it upon themselves to talk to John for Mrs Giving’s yet she was completely insensitive towards the end. What an ungrateful cow!
Revolutionary Road is hard to just sum up without giving too much away. Many things are vague that I can’t help but feel would be explained if I had read the novel; what I can assure you is that Kate and Leo give a Stellar performance that is sure to pull on your heartstrings and widen your eyes in anticipation in the darker moments. Definitely a must watch!
One of the best things about walking away from this movie in particular, is knowing the Leo and Kate not only have fantastic chemistry on screen, but have been close friends ever since titanic. *sigh*
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