Oscar worthy performances

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2009)

Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank wheeler and Kate Winslet as April Wheeler, are very convincing as a happily married but extremely bored husband and wife. Their boredom with mundane activities of married life and "emptiness" of daily life is well understood by John Givings (played by Michael Shannon). Michael Shannon did an extremely good job as a certified lunatic with a PhD in mathematic who is recently discharged from psychiatry unit. The interaction among three main characters in the movie is based on the concept of a thin line between sanity and insanity. Kate Winslet is extremely talented and lovable ( Titanic, Little children, even not so popular Holiday and this year Reader). John has a plausible explanation of Wheeler's decisions and plans of going to Paris and then aborting all plans. Oscar worthy performances given by Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Shannon. Excellent Direction by Sam Mendes.