You will think about this movie every day

Rating: 9/10 (3 August 2010)

This is one of the best Sam Mendes films I can think of. Casting was perfect, and the story was impeccable. The story takes place in the 1950s. Being an American History teacher, I adore films about the 50s. This movie captures the prison in which women may have found themselves being married and attempting to fulfill the stereotypes of what a woman was supposed to be in the 1950s. Kate Winslet captures the hell she is living, and allows the audience into her tormented world, even if only briefly. You feel for DiCaprio's character at times, but realize that both of them are victims of their era, not of each other. The last 15 minutes of this film are burned into my mind, and I think about this movie constantly. The acting is superb, you will not be disappointed in any way with this film.