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.
Nominated for 3 Oscars. 20 wins & 73 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Bitter, nerve-wracking, ugly and relentless, Revolutionary Road is Big Drama done right, a mesmerizing look at desperate lives, wrong moves and spoiled dreams that hits hard right from the beginning and never lets up.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
9 Jan 2009
fresh:
If Revolutionary Road had been filmed back in 1961, when the novel came out, it would have been timely and powerful.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
24 Jan 2009
fresh:
This is a sobering, well-observed film that doesn't fully hit the mark but sets up enough pleasing ideas to chew on regarding ambition, marriage and ideals of how to live one's life, individually and as a couple.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
30 Jan 2009
fresh:
Bolstered by Thomas Newman's score, spot-on set design and the brilliant source material, "Revolutionary Road" is a darkly effective portrait of an Eisenhower-era couple who fall tragically short of reaching Camelot.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
8 Feb 2009
fresh:
Mendes has made a troubling film that wrestles with big themes and touchy subjects, even if it is set in an overly familiar milieu.