This structure is suitable from an artistic and intellectual point of view, as it mirrors the actual confusion of the characters and the nation. Unfortunately, it is not a suitable structure from the point of view of entertainment. It may be over an hour before a viewer has any confidence that he knows what's happening, or any connection with the characters, or even feels that he really hears what the characters are saying. When it takes this long to get a viewer into a film, usually most viewers will give up. They may still be in the theater watching the film, but they have already formed an opinion and are difficult to recapture.
Revolution further suffers from what appear to be heavy cuts.
Running slightly over two hours, it looks like it was meant to run three. People who seem to be major characters are slighted or even totally ignored. Hudson seems to have cut much of the explanatory footage, leaving in the actual events. I would be hard pressed to say how he could do otherwise, given that something had to go, but the lack of reevaluation in the face of complex scenes and themes does further muddle matters. The script does avoid the usual Hollywood approach of having its characters present at every famous event, running into every famous person.