I had the pleasure of viewing Revolutionary Road last night conmiga Angela. If brevity is your thing, the movie is in one word: intense. If you prefer more descriptors, I can toss in visionary, frightening, and dark.Winselt and DiCaprio soar as a 30 something couple, April and Frank Wheeler, trying to recover some semblance of their idealism they had before kids and marriage and suburbia. He wanted to be a passionate thinker, she wanted to be an actress, and instead they ended up in a house on Revolutionary Road wishing they were anywhere else. They develop a plan to move to Paris to reclaim what they lost, and we know from the moment the plan is presented it will never work for them. And, oh boy, when it doesn't work does the shit hit the fan.
Every character in this movie is expertly played and nuanced to create a breathtaking picture of marital decay. Michael Shannon is bitingly fantastic as the loony John Givings throwing everything in the faces of our couple. Winslet and DiCaprio don't just take bites out of each other, they tear huge pieces and spit them in the other's face. These are two outstanding actors doing their best work I've seen them do under the guidance of the brilliant Sam Mendes.
Brilliant Moments:
-The opening party scene where April and Frank first glance one another through the crowd before chatting and dancing. A bit of calm before the storm.
-April dancing in a bar with their neighbor, Shep, before an embarassing moment(and I do mean moment) of extramarital coitus.
-April's painful breakfast with her husband on the day of his big promotion. I obviously need to see The Reader because this scene alone should score Winslet an Oscar.
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So the worst moment, and I mean worst because it made me so sad, was when Kate told Leonardo she hated him and didn't love him at all.
To love someone so much and they resent you would be something so unbearable to me.
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