For anyone who has ever had lost dreams, or love...

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2008)

Revolutionary Road is a brutally honest relationship drama, that just might hit a little too close to the bone for some. The unnerving honesty portrayed by the actors makes this film one of the best of the year. Sam Mendes is smart to allow this to be an actor's showcase more than anything else, and boy do they deliver! Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, and every single actor called upon does a superb job in this movie no matter how tiny the part. But it is DiCaprio who truly shines and completely engulfs the screen with his hauntingly powerful performance. He is so brilliantly nuanced, whether it be in the small, beautifully poetic and tender moments of his performance, or the big, showy scenes for anger and desperation. It is DiCaprio's film.
All the technical aspects of the film are also top notch. Never trying to take attention away from what it most important.
The story is heartbreakingly honest.