Film Review 3. Revolutionary Road

Brilliantly acted and emotionally powerful, Revolutionary Road is a handsome adaptation of Richard Yates' celebrated novel.The film was directed by Sam Mendes and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Her performance earned Kate Winslet a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, and the film was nominated for a further three Golden Globes, fourBAFTA's and three Oscar.

In the late 1940s, Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) met April (Kate Winslet) at a party. He was a longshoreman, hoping to be a cashier; she wanted to be an actress. He and April married. In 1955, the Wheelers moved to 115 Revolutionary Road in suburban Connecticut when April became pregnant. Frank and April settled into the normality of suburban life while bringing up their children, Michael and Jennifer. But soon their happy family life came to the end. Frank had a mistress, he began deceiving April. There were continuous scandals in the family. And once they decided to go to Paris, where they would be rich, happy and famous. April would be an actress in Paris and she saw in it their only solution of the problem.

But Frank laughed at her idea. 

April became pregnant again. Frank discovered that April was contemplating having an abortion. All became worse and worse,April and Frank had another fight, which caused April to flee the house. She couldn't believe to her husband any moree because he had never supported and understood her. She decided to make an abortion herself and died in the hospital due to complications following the abortion.

Revolutionary Road" shows the American Dream awakened by a nightmare. It takes place in the 1950s, the decade not only of Elvis but of The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. It shows a young couple who meet at a party, get married and create a suburban life with a nice house, a manicured lawn, "modern" furniture, two kids, a job in the city for him, housework for her, and martinis, cigarettes, boredom and desperation for both of them.