{"id":5355,"date":"2017-01-10T07:54:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T12:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:24:48","slug":"revolutionary-road-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5355","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary Road-2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Revolutionary Road-2008<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Sam Mendes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #598<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed January 10, 2017<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Road (2008) is an outstanding film- what superior, human, raw acting by stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.<\/p>\n

The duo reunites in film over ten years after the monstrous success of Titanic (1997).<\/p>\n

The trailers might lead one to believe that this film is a romantic comedy or some type of love story- it is a love story, but a very real, dark one.<\/p>\n

Both characters are flawed.<\/p>\n

Set in affluent New England, somewhere in Connecticut to be precise, April and Frank seemingly have it all. He is a successful doctor, and she is the perfect housewife, they live a happy existence free of problems- or do they?<\/p>\n

Slowly, the audience sees their lives spin out of control and varying emotions between the pair emerge to the surface.<\/p>\n

Great supporting turns by Kathy Bates and Michael Shannon as characters presenting roadblocks to April and Frank’s happiness.<\/p>\n

If you are looking for a film with true, gritty, layered acting, this is it. Revolutionary Road (2008) is a much more complex film than the previews would allow you to think.<\/p>\n

It shows the depth of DiCaprio’s and Winslet’s acting ability. Some might feel it is a bit slow-moving, but the payoff is worth it.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Supporting Actor-Michael Shannon, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Revolutionary Road-2008 Director Sam Mendes Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet Scott’s Review #598 Reviewed January 10, 2017 Grade: A Revolutionary Road (2008) is an outstanding film- what superior, human, raw acting by stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The duo reunites in film over ten years after the monstrous success of Titanic (1997). The trailers … Continue reading Revolutionary Road-2008<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,8371,192,2661,1974,2660,1977,3226,1616,5159,2659,222,2110,8441,2662],"tags":[142,8375,193,2665,1978,2664,1981,3229,1620,5163,2663,221,2114,8443,2666],"class_list":["post-5355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2008-films","category-david-harbour","category-dramas","category-dylan-baker","category-kate-winslet","category-kathryn-hahn","category-kathy-bates","category-kristen-connolly","category-leonardo-dicaprio","category-marin-ireland","category-michael-shannon","category-romantic-dramas","category-sam-mendes","category-ty-simpkins","category-zoe-kazan","tag-2008-movie-reviews","tag-david-harbour","tag-dramas-2","tag-dylan-baker","tag-kate-winslet","tag-kathryn-hahn","tag-kathy-bates","tag-kristen-connolly","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-marin-ireland","tag-michael-shannon","tag-romantic-dramas","tag-sam-mendes","tag-ty-simpkins","tag-zoe-kazan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19675,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions\/19675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}