Although a first-run motion picture, the style recreates the glory days of Broadway drama with two leading characters and a small supporting case consisting of the family of the particular realtor who sold the lead couple the suburban house and another young neighborhood couple with whom the lead couple soclizes while in town. The decades drop away as the audience is reliving the days of a seven character drama which is spellbinding and always relevant. Arrow marvelolus

In quality of script, cinematography, acting, direction and music, this film is as good as it gets. But be warned: don't go see it when you're feeling depressed. It tells the story of a young couple trying to make their marriage work within the straight-jacket of 1950s American middle-class expectations. It is to the corporate world of that time what "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is to academia. It is a sad commentary on the Oscars that this film wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. I'm glad Kate Winslet won Best Actress, but IMO it should have been for her performance in "Revolutionary Road".

The movie adaption did not do this story any justice. That said, the movie was very good and the actors were wonderful. I just didn't feel that it translated onto the screen very well....even though they decided to use much of the dialogue verbatim. The main character, Frank, played by Dicaprio was so much more complicated in the book which unless they had decided to use narration would have been diffcult to transmit into the medium of film. However, in my opinion, other characters were perfectly cast including Shep and Milly and John Givings. It's a movie worth seeing for sure....but it was a bit awkward at times and it makes the Frank character seem shallow and the April character as simply a crazy brooding housewife...and she was more complex than that in the book as well. The movie is worth seeing, but the book is incredible.

Wow. It took a tremendous amount of comprehension and dedication to transfer this story from paper to the screen. I am extremely impressed. Can't even adequately review this film. You will love it if you listen to things that aren't said,if you're empathetic and appreciate the human condition. Although i personally disagree with almost all of this couples decisions and actions, i can see how all of us can fall so easily into mistakes,lamenting missed opportunities and regret. You just want to fix everything for the Wheelers,tell them what to do or say....or else look at your own life and hope to have foresight and the ability learn from mistakes and mostly APPRECIATE AND USE WHAT WE DO HAVE.. Guess i have a tendency to ramble about movies that impress me so much. If you are a thinker and dont need formulaic plot and R rated excitement, i think you will love this work

Revolutionary Road left me speechless. This movie demonstrates acting at its finest. Kate Winslet, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Michael Shannon draw you into their Oscar worthy performances. We have to LIVE instead existing with "hopeless emptiness". Hope is a powerful tool, now all we need is the effort. All I can say is WOW!