This ain't no titanic folks

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2008)

After finally seeing revolutionary road I have to say I was immediately blown away, Leo and Kate definitely delivered the goods I was mostly surprised at Leo's performance to be quite honest especially with him playing the role of a father and husband for the first time. He was phenomenal he brought out emotions that I've never seen him do before especially towards the end and his final confrontation with April, calling her a "cold heartless shell of a woman" and at the same time you can tell that he is absolutely hurt and crushed as he starts to break down in tears, it was both frightening and heart wrenching.
Kate Winslet was absolutely fantastic, I found myself in the end really sympathizing with April throughout the film a little bit more so than frank. April is a woman who wants something different out of life and refuses to give into conformity and is willing to escape it at any cost. She comes up with the impulsive decision to move to Paris and convinces frank that they should go, Frank agrees but due to unforeseen circumstances(April getting pregnant)Frank changes his mind and decides to take the raise that is given to him at his job at Knox. Of course April is extremely disappointed to the point of which (I think) she becomes a little bit of a sociopath. It becomes even more apparent when Frank openly tells her the truth about his affair with his secretary and she simply responds "why did you? no, I don't mean why did you have the girl I mean why did you tell me about it?, is that supposed to make me jealous, or back into bed with you?" There are times in this movie when you just want to call April a b***h but at the same time you feel sorry for her. the same can also be said for frank, he's sleeping with his secretary and yet you understand that he only wants to do whats right by his family and make his wife happy.
Michael Shannon who I think represents the truth of this film was excellent as well he plays the role of Mrs. Givings ill son who spent time in a psychiatric hospital. His character as "crazy" as he might seem to be he is the only character that bluntly puts the truth out for everyone to hear even if they don't want to hear it, especially when it came to his confrontation with frank as he tells him he may have knocked up his wife on purpose as an excuse not to go to Paris.
There are a few questions that did pop in my head afterward like, " did frank really want to go to Paris?, did he purposely get his wife pregnant to avoid moving to Paris?, would the wheelers truly had been happy in Paris?". My only complaint about the movie is the ending, it could've been much better, it also bothered me that Frank and April's children rarely were present in the film.
Overall I give the film a 9/10 and I recommend this to anyone