Revolutionary Road
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69 out of 100

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 145 Ratings

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  • Starring: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Summary: Adapted from the landmark novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank and April Wheeler. Yates’ story of 1950’s America poses a question that has been reverberating through modern relationships ever since: can two two people break away from the ordinary without breaking apart? (Paramount Vantage)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 38
  3. Negative: 1 out of 38
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    This film is so good it is devastating.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    80
    As a whole, Sam Mendes' film of Revolutionary Road comes close but falls short of capturing Richard Yates' terrific novel.
  3. Slate
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    60
    It's a textbook example of a well-crafted movie, beautifully shot, impeccably acted, and structured like an elegant three-act play. So why does the movie feel as pleasantly deadening as the midcentury Connecticut suburb where it takes place?
  4. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    Revolutionary Road isn't just a failed literary adaptation. It's a failure of the worst kind: It doesn't even make you want to read Richard Yates' deservedly legendary book.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 59
  3. Negative: 12 out of 59
  1. JaggedReviewssegment
    10
    One of the most undiluted, bravest and incredible films i have ever seen. You feel the tension, hate, love and thanks to Sam Mendes, the killing blow which is the lie of the perfect american dream which can be found without problems. The film is so devastating andit will leave you sitting in your seat pondering the film, letting the feeling sink in...just like any masterpiece should.… Expand
  2. JayH.
    8
    Powerfully acted, Kate Winslet is excellent, but the entire cast is outstanding. God attention to period detail, very well written and directed. The film never loses focus and is always interesting.… Expand
  3. LaGuerta
    7
    Revolutionary Road relies far too heavily on it's source material and in doing so encourages comparison which speedily brings the audience to the unsurprising realisation that the novel is superior. Despite this, Mendes fails to include the subtle and organic elements responsible for that superiority.… Expand
  4. t.m.
    4
    The 4 is only for the art direction and costumes. The script was glacially paced, ponderous, and predictable. Dialogue was stagey, melodramatic, overwrought , and so on the nose that it made mine hurt. Winslet and diCaprio tried, but Mendes should have had them tone down the screaming. At least when I saw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on TV I could stop i watching it. This, I paid 9 bucks to see so I had to stay till the bitter end. And how stupid was diCaprio's character in their last scene not to think Winslet's was going to kill herself?… Expand

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