An engaging tale of real lives

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 2008)

This film is about a middle class couple who lives a seemingly perfect life in an affluent suburb.
"Revolutionary Road" is an amazing film. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio both perform amazingly. The Wheelers live a seemingly perfect life, until they start to realise their life around them is one big lie. Their lives then degenerate into a tale that no one wants to listen to. Such a transition is heart wrenching but strangely captivating.
The plot is very engaging and above all, real. What other film contains such a real life dialog about having children or not? Because the plot is so real, one can easily relate to it, making the film ever more engaging. It is ironic that the most real conversation they have is with a supposed lunatic. Maybe we are all living deluded lives, and clarity can only stem from lunacy? It is such a captivating and thought provoking film. Who would have thought the reunion of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio would be so tragic?