Oh joy, here we go. A lovely trip down Revolutionary Road. Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet star in this Oscar nominated film guaranteed to make you feel better about your own life, no matter what your circumstances.
RR is the story set in post World War II America about a couple living out the "American Dream." Or so it seems. The Wheelers are seemingly very happy, with a nice house in the 'burbs and two great kids. He has a steady job, and she is a stay at home mom, and it's all meatloaf, backyards and apple pie. But don't be fooled.
The Wheelers literally live on Revolutionary Road, and their life is anything but what they put out there for the world to see. She is miserably unhappy housewife, whose dreams have been quashed time and time again. She feels dead inside, and is yearning to breathe freely, and taste the sweet taste of life's zest and zeal once again. He is an underachiever, who hates his job and hates his life. They both turn to vice after vice, and other lovers to salve the pain of their own lousy lives.
Look, I love the movies. All kinds of movies, and I understand this movie is attempting to say something that is meaningful and profound. But for Pete's sake man. I don't need to throw down 9 bucks to watch people scream at each other, and argue non stop, all the while moaning about how horrible their life is.
RR is a harsh, hard, raw movie that "dares" to deal with many powerful and timeless issues that potentially effect all couples. Trouble here is, RR tries too hard to say something. What it said to me was, "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" Man, are you kidding me? I don't care about either one of these people at all, and I'm certainly tired of their tired arguing, screaming act. That is RR's fatal flaw. You don't care about either one of these awful people.
This is the kind of movie that Hollywood loves to pat itself on the back over. "Aren't we artsy, aren't we deep, don't we really know what's good and you will be smarter for seeing our picture?" All the while they are doing the patting, the rest of us are doing the Heimlich, and ready to run for the doors screaming. In fairness, Winslet is great again, as she was in The Reader, and a stellar soundtrack really gives you a lift at times, and boy do you need it.
Revolutionary Road. For most of us, a dead end.
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