The heart wrenching saga of the Wheelers..

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2012)

Sam Mendes' "Revolutionary Road" is the story of a dysfunctional, imperfect married couple who are frustrated with the way things have turned out for them. Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet) are in an unhappy mess of a marriage that seems to be going nowhere, with frequent quarrels and whimsically made decisions.
"Revolutionary Road" raises a bunch of questions that will completely change the way we look at relationships. Are people really made for each other? If yes, then do they always find the right person for themselves? And what about those who wrongly end up being with each other?
Frank and April are a couple who've tread past a path they cannot retrace, they have had two children, but they still don't seem to connect with each other and they don't really understand what they want.
Leonardo and Kate prove that two characters who don't love each other or relate to each other can still have a strong, ironic and cold chemistry between them.
The film is a two hour condensation of a 1961 novel which aimed at portraying the dark, harsh reality of a suburban marriage in the Fifties. A tragedy, undoubtedly, "Revolutionary Road" hits you very hard as a brutal depiction of a sorrowful American relationship.
The final few moments of the film makes us think back and analyze the life these two people had together. Were they supposed to be together? No. Why did they have to be together, then? The answer to that, like in all tragedies, will never be known.