My Personal Problems With Revolutionary Road (Spoilers)

Rating: 1/10 (9 December 2008)

It seemed to me that April and Frank Wheeler got married just to "achieve" the American dream. Then April becomes unhappy with the marriage, and becomes a rather annoying wife, a nagger. Somehow, I just wanted the film to end, I got sick and tired of their bickering, their arguments, and I have seen this setting on AMC's Mad Men dozens of times. Michael Shannon as the neighbor does give an Oscar worthy performance, but I felt it wasn't nearly as good as Mende's earlier film, American Beauty, released nearly a decade ago!
Leonardo DiCaprio does excellent work here, but Kate Winslet, completely overreacts, and I really didn't sympathasize with her selfish decisions in the film. I just wanted these two people to divorce and move on. I really thought this was like two hours of pure torture to watch.