Are you going to hit me? To show me how much you love me?

Rating: 8/10 (4 September 2009)

Three Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe for Kate Winslet, who had two superior performances in one year.
The streets are full of machines: men who wear the same white shirts and skinny ties and the same hats, marching to the same mindless jobs.
Ther are so many interesting thoughts and ideas from the past in this film: the patriarchal society, a normal woman doesn't think about abortion, secretaries are for entertainment, electroshock therapy, just to name a few that caused yelling and screaming between Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet).
I took particular note of the "your father would be so proud" argument to seal the deal.
Michael Shannon as the son of Helen (Kathy Bates) and Howard (Richard Easton) acts as a mirror that brings out the truth in this dysfunctional relationship, this sham of a marriage that Frank and April have.
I am still reflecting on the ending, but it is the only way it could have happened.
Great performances by all, especially Winslet.