This movie answers the question driving Langston Hughes' poem "Harlem"

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2009)

"What happens to a dream deferred?" - It ends up as a bloody mess on the carpet.
I enjoyed the important messages brought out by this movie and agree with much that has already been said on this site. Di Caprio and Kate Winslet make wonderful "Wheelers". Kate Winslet was especially marvelous. She honestly seemed to become deranged. I could easily imagine the sounds of France keeping her in a spell as they incessantly played behind her eyes rousing nostalgia and beckoning her. Di Caprio was also great at pulling off being the head Wheeler, although he seemed at times to channel Jack Nicholson. Nicholson aside, Frank Wheeler was a complicated man faced with difficult decisions and Di Caprio really brought him across. Ultimately, I'd say I most enjoyed the direct and merciless way they drove home the importance of finding our bliss.