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This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Revolutionary_Road_77137446 Recent reviews written about Revolutionary Road en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_488403406468?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author truckturner - A young 1950s All-American couple (Ambitious salesman Leonardo Di Caprio, dreamer/homemaker Kate Winslet) seek achievement of The American Dream, so that one day Di Caprio can leave his job, they can sell their house, and move to Paris to be happy... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488403406468 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:09:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488403406468?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481051774596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author talyseon - Revolutionary Road (2009) Directed by Sam Mendes"Hopeless emptiness. Now you've said it. Plenty of people are onto the emptiness, but it takes real guts to see the hopelessness."  John Givings.Frank and April Wheeler... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481051774596 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:16:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481051774596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478207053444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lyoness913 - After reading Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road, I was curious to watch the movie and see how it adapted from the book to the film.  I was excited to watch the film because I really enjoy Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates.  I must say... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478207053444 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:41:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478207053444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477743713924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author shmoo1 - Warning: Spoilers run rampant in this piece of workMy writing over the past year has been sporadic at best and completely absent at worst. Last night, while watching my now year old son wander the house like either a ship board drunk or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477743713924 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:02:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477743713924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476005174916?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author coldsteel7 - Kate Winslet was refreshing in The Reader.  Her performance in The Reader made the novel film exceptional.  Kate is a solid actress.  Leonardo DiCaprio is slowly growing on me.  The most recent film I have seen with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476005174916 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 14:05:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476005174916?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474330402436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swmckewon - There is a play staged in the first act of “Revolutionary Road,” but the viewer never glimpses a scene of it. Rather, we see a curtain closing on the alarmed face of Kate Winslet, her eyes doubtful and filling with tears, and it is to the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474330402436 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:53:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474330402436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464690515588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author topreviewerman - "Everything will come right if you only believe the Gypsy." It's a beautiful moody song to open with, but one of the characters finds herself disillusioned mighty early on in the film. It's 1948. Across a crowded... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464690515588 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:47:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464690515588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463492976260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author glowsw - From the very beginning Revolutionary Road makes it clear that it is not going to be an easy film to watch. We’re thrown into the midst of a domestic meltdown and enveloped by an overwhelming sense of frustration and claustrophobia. Sam Mendes... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463492976260 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:03:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463492976260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462413598340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pmills1210 - "Revolutionary Road" takes a look at a way of life that has become familiar. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as Frank and April Wheeler, an unhappily married couple in 1955 suburban Connecticut. Frank works in New York in a thankless job at the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462413598340 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:59:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462413598340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460767989380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mike.holmes - For those of us who grew up in the 1950's, "Revolutionary Road" struck some very familiar, painful chords.  While many have looked at that era as the "good ol' days", in reality the '50 contained many of the seeds of discontent that would explode in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460767989380 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:49:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460767989380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460574789252?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rmurray847 - Hollywood seems to like to explore the idea that American suburbia is a cultural, spiritual, moral and BORING wasteland.  How many times have we seen this shot:  A camera on a crane is overlooking a typical street in a typical, cookie-cutter... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460574789252 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:20:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460574789252?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460359044740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dad-daughters - "It's my dream!"  "No, it's mine!"  "You're not going to steal it from me"!"  "I deserve it more than you!"  Are these the words of our characters, Frank and April Wheeler, or are they the words of DiCaprio and Winslet between... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460359044740 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 15:40:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460359044740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_459632578180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author updateghost - Sam Mendes’ American Beauty was one of the best films of 1999 – it captured the banality of the American Dream with an acerbic wit and subtle honesty that made its story worth exploring again and again. With a movie that accomplished... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~459632578180 Sun, 1 Feb 2009 07:21:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_459632578180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458885074564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author levski11 - Last weekend I had the opportunity to see Revolutionary Road. The movie’s screenplay by Justin Haythe is based on the very popular 1961 Richard Yates novel of the same name. Yates has been considered by people in his field as the voice of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458885074564 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:44:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458885074564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458866527876?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author commair03 - Revolutionary Road, a contemporary drama set in the mid-twentieth century, is a film able to grapple at the not so transparent alienations and complications within humanity's modern existence. Directed by Sam Mendes, an acclaimed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458866527876 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:09:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458866527876?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458590621316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author macresarf1 - In his 1961 first novel, Revolutionary Road, leading the way for writers like Ray Carver, Andre Dubus and others, Richard Yates set the pattern for the rest of his career.  The central characters of his novel, Frank and April Wheeler, in the minds... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458590621316 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:59:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458590621316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458572402308?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author wlswarts - It's a tough thing to stand before your fellow critics and ask "What movie did you just watch?!" for a film that is receiving universal praise. However, having just endured the latest Sam Mendez film, "Revolutionary Road," I stand up in the community,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458572402308 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:38:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458572402308?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458322644612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author andaryl - As a novel Richard Yates’ 1961 Revolutionary Road may be one of the most overlooked classics that we never got around to reading. It was a finalist for the National Book Award, and in 2005 was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458322644612 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:56:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458322644612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_457413987972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author movieman9000 - Revolutionary Road is one of the highest profile oscar contenders this year. With all three key players, star DiCaprio, leading lady Winslett, and director Mendes all being Oscar favorites of the past since all of them have one or more Best Picture... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~457413987972 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:15:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_457413987972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_456278707844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author donackerman - Gritty, real, lifeA story about love butNot a love storyLife is truth and the truth is crazy. This gritty, real movie showed beautiful scenes and scenery in a marvelously acted movie. Kate Winslet blew me away with her acting. I even saw... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~456278707844 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:05:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_456278707844?linkin_id=8003929