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DramaRomance

Revolutionary Road

- How do you break free without breaking apart?

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.

Release Date : 2008-12-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : DreamWorks PicturesBBC FilmEvamere EntertainmentNeal Street Productions

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Character Name : Frank Wheeler

Original Name : Leonardo DiCaprio

Gender : Male

Kate Winslet

Character Name : April Wheeler

Original Name : Kate Winslet

Gender : Female

Kathy Bates

Character Name : Mrs. Helen Givings

Original Name : Kathy Bates

Gender : Female

Michael Shannon

Character Name : John Givings

Original Name : Michael Shannon

Gender : Male

Kathryn Hahn

Character Name : Milly Campbell

Original Name : Kathryn Hahn

Gender : Female

David Harbour

Character Name : Shep Campbell

Original Name : David Harbour

Gender : Male

Dylan Baker

Character Name : Jack Ordway

Original Name : Dylan Baker

Gender : Male

Richard Easton

Character Name : Mr. Givings

Original Name : Richard Easton

Gender : Male

Zoe Kazan

Character Name : Maureen Grube

Original Name : Zoe Kazan

Gender : Female

Jay O. Sanders

Character Name : Bart Pollock

Original Name : Jay O. Sanders

Gender : Male

Max Baker

Character Name : Vince Lathrop

Original Name : Max Baker

Gender : Male

Max Casella

Character Name : Ed Small

Original Name : Max Casella

Gender : Male

Christopher Fitzgerald

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Christopher Fitzgerald

Gender : Male

Jonathan Roumie

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Jonathan Roumie

Gender : Male

Neal Bledsoe

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Neal Bledsoe

Gender : Male

Marin Ireland

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Marin Ireland

Gender : Female

Samantha Soule

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Samantha Soule

Gender : Female

Heidi Armbruster

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Heidi Armbruster

Gender : Female

Sam Rosen

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Sam Rosen

Gender : Male

Maria Rusolo

Character Name : Party Dancer

Original Name : Maria Rusolo

Gender : Male

Gena Oppenheim

Character Name : Party Dancer

Original Name : Gena Oppenheim

Gender : Male

Kathryn Dunn

Character Name : Party Dancer

Original Name : Kathryn Dunn

Gender : Male

Joe Komara

Character Name : Party Dancer

Original Name : Joe Komara

Gender : Male

Allison Twyford

Character Name : Party Dancer

Original Name : Allison Twyford

Gender : Male

John Ottavino

Character Name : Other Actor in the Play

Original Name : John Ottavino

Gender : Male

Adam Mucci

Character Name : Other Actor in the Play

Original Name : Adam Mucci

Gender : Male

Jo Twiss

Character Name : Other Actor in the Play

Original Name : Jo Twiss

Gender : Female

Frank Girardeau

Character Name : Other Actor in the Play

Original Name : Frank Girardeau

Gender : Male

Catherine Curtin

Character Name : Woman in Audience

Original Name : Catherine Curtin

Gender : Female

Dan Da Silva

Character Name : Knox Elevator Operator

Original Name : Dan Da Silva

Gender : Male

Keith Reddin

Character Name : Ted Bandy

Original Name : Keith Reddin

Gender : Male

Ryan Simpkins

Character Name : Ed Small

Original Name : Ryan Simpkins

Gender : Male

Ty Simpkins

Character Name : Vince Lathrop

Original Name : Ty Simpkins

Gender : Male

Jon Sampson

Character Name : American Express Clerk

Original Name : Jon Sampson

Gender : Male

Peter Barton

Character Name : Campbell Kid

Original Name : Peter Barton

Gender : Male

Kevin Barton

Character Name : Campbell Kid

Original Name : Kevin Barton

Gender : Male

Evan Covey

Character Name : Campbell Kid

Original Name : Evan Covey

Gender : Male

Dylan Clark Marshall

Character Name : Campbell Kid

Original Name : Dylan Clark Marshall

Gender : Male

Chandler Vinton

Character Name : Knox Receptionist

Original Name : Chandler Vinton

Gender : Male

Bethann Schebece

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Bethann Schebece

Gender : Male

Kelsey Bair

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Kelsey Bair

Gender : Male

Jason Etter

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Jason Etter

Gender : Male

Adair Moran

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Adair Moran

Gender : Male

Tommaso Antico

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Tommaso Antico

Gender : Male

Justin Misenhelder

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Justin Misenhelder

Gender : Male

Will Vought

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Will Vought

Gender : Male

Emaline Green

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Emaline Green

Gender : Male

Isabella Zubor

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Isabella Zubor

Gender : Female

Kal Thompson

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Kal Thompson

Gender : Male

Racheline Maltese

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Racheline Maltese

Gender : Male

Lauren Hubbell

Character Name : Vito's Log Cabin Dancer

Original Name : Lauren Hubbell

Gender : Male

Duffy Jackson

Character Name : Steve Kovac

Original Name : Duffy Jackson

Gender : Male

Dan Zanes

Character Name : The Steve Kovac Band

Original Name : Dan Zanes

Gender : Male

Vince Giordano

Character Name : The Steve Kovac Band

Original Name : Vince Giordano

Gender : Male

Jon-Erik Kellso

Character Name : The Steve Kovac Band

Original Name : Jon-Erik Kellso

Gender : Male

Andy Burton

Character Name : The Steve Kovac Band

Original Name : Andy Burton

Gender : Male

Will Reardon-Anderson

Character Name : The Steve Kovac Band

Original Name : Will Reardon-Anderson

Gender : Male

Alex Hoffman

Character Name : The Steve Kovac Band

Original Name : Alex Hoffman

Gender : Male

Kristen Connolly

Character Name : Mr. Brace

Original Name : Kristen Connolly

Gender : Female

John Behlmann

Character Name : Mr. Brace

Original Name : John Behlmann

Gender : Male

Reviews

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Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

***What if Jack & Rose married and settled into the conventional American grind?*** The Wheelers are a couple with two kids living in the suburbs of Connecticut in the ’50s. Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) marches off to the big city five times a week, ten hours a day, to a job he hates whereas April (Kate Winslet) takes care of things on the home front, including their hardly-seen children. April's dream of being an actress has failed and she vents her frustrations on Frank. Emasculated, he has a meaningless affair to prove his manhood to himself. Meanwhile April suggests a wild idea for them to move to Paris because Frank's war tales describe it as a place of exhilaration and April desperately wants him to regain that aura of vitality he had when they first met. Will they escape the comatose corner they've painted themselves into or will they join the masses of (supposedly) living dead in their midst? Eleven years after their mega-hit "Titanic" (1997), Kate and Leonardo reunite for "Revolutionary Road," released in January, 2009. Kate has shed her unappealing baby fat and is now a curvy beauty whereas Leonardo is a man and no longer has that boyish vibe. I enjoy a good drama now and then, like the excellent "Snow Angels" (2007), the potent "Grand Canyon" (1991) or the masterpiece "Dead Poets Society" (1989), but "Revolutionary Road" fails to achieve the greatness of those films, mainly because the characters and their story are fairly boring. The film's just not that engrossing, which is my core criterion for evaluating any flick. In quality and theme, it’s reminiscent of “Joe Versus the Volcano” (1990). Like “Joe,” it’s a slyly offbeat drama despite being about American conventionality. The best parts involve Michael Shannon as John, the mentally disturbed son of the real estate lady (Kathy Bates), a fascinating character. Everyone else in the Wheeler's lives thinks their plans to give up their suburban paradise are crazy (big surprise). But John sees the brilliance and necessity of the plan. In other words, the only person who 'gets' the plight of the Wheelers is this nigh-insane dude. But he's not really crazy. John is gifted at seeing through a facade to get to the core of a matter, the awesome or awful truth. And he has no inhibitions about speaking his mind, good or bad. At heart, John is a beatnik, the 50's precursor to the hippie. He represents the first wave of the 60's counter-culture, a generation of youth who discerned the cracks in the post-war "paradise," and rebelled, for better or worse. Some important questions are raised: Is life just having a marriage, a family, a well-paying job (you loathe) and a nice home in the pleasant suburbs, plus cigarettes and drinks without end? Or is there more? What about love? What about genuineness? What about unrealized, unused or ignored talents and dreams? What about (gasp) God? "Revolutionary Road" has some other positives: it's expertly made, has a good score by Thomas Newman and evokes some haunting moments. Some have suggested that the film is one POSSIBLE outcome if Jack had survived the end of “Titanic” and married Rose: The once spirited, carefree Jack settles into the robotic grind to pay the bills while Kate is left frustrated at home in suburbia. Regrettably, it’s overall mediocre due to the unengrossing characters and their story, which of course links to the theme its espousing. Yet it does have flashes of greatness and it makes you reflect on its points. In some ways, the same message is addressed in "Dead Poets Society" (and "Grand Canyon," to a lesser degree): rejecting the box society tries to confine you, throwing caution to the wind, and going after your dreams. The difference is that "Dead Poets Society" (and "Grand Canyon") accomplished this with absorbing stories whereas "Revolutionary Road" doesn't. Generally speaking, that is. Yet it's still worth catching if its themes trip your trigger. The film runs almost 2 hours and was shot in Connecticut & New York City. GRADE: C+

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Giovanni

@bastag

2021-06-23

Can you change your life for love? What’s the border between craziness and frustration? Are we really living our lives? This fantastic movie won 20 awards and 73 nominations. It’s an incredible story and let’s discover why. The movie is set in Connecticut during the mid-1950 and inspired by the book “Revolutionary Road” written by Richard Yates. It’s a story of love, marriages, families and abortion, ambitions and frustrations, of dreamers and conformists. It’s the daily tale of all of us, on the road of our lives. Looking for an often unachievable and unknown happiness. You will ask yourself “what’s the purpose of this life”? It is just about having a good job, a great house, a wife, children? Or there is something more? Like the love for yourself, for your talents, your passions, your desires and dreams. But to find the right answer requires painful choices to be made, and this where this masterpiece guide us. Frank and April Wheeler are the protagonists and to give them voice and action, we have two of the most talented and incredible actors in Hollywood: Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet, directed by Sam Mendes, in one of his most successful films. It’s not a movie for everyone. It’s very sophisticated, well-crafted, a masterpiece, in my opinion. You can read my full analysis for free at this url: https://bit.ly/2HxJTJq

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-04-16

This is a fairly unremarkable family drama that sees "April" (Kate Winslet) staying at home with their two children whilst husband "Frank" (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes to work in his office each day - and has the occasional fling with his secretary. "April" is probably best described as a frustrated actress and her last stage performance went down a bit like a lead balloon which caused the latest in this couple's fiery rows. She decides that they need a profound change, and so suggests that they decamp to Paris. She will get a job and he can spend his time, reading, writing - generally lolling about looking after the kids. They announce this plan to the world, but no sooner than they they do, their lives become even more unsettled and a maelstrom of turmoil, resentment and loathing starts to emerge - one that clearly illustrates that all is not well, psychologically with "April. The story really only comes alive when Michael Shannon takes centre screen. His performance as the emotionally charged "John" delivers well as the man who has an insightful ability to call a spade a spade - regardless of whom he hurts with his typically near the mark observations. It's all a bit long, slow and there's a great deal of dialogue that doesn't seem to advance the story nor the characters especially. Indeed at times this is really just a series of a good looking and stylishly photographed mid-life crises that is set in 1950s America, but could easily be anywhere else. A few familiar faces pepper the undercast, and the intimate scenes with DiCaprio and Winslet are effective at times, but I found this a little too much like a soap for me. Worth a watch - I'm not certain what the revolutionary element was, though.