Following the Revolutionary Road
A follow-up review on another film I recently saw, Sam Mendes's Revolutionary Road. The director of American Beauty is back with a beautiful tale about a young couple in the 50's which is trying to get away from the American cliches of the era. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet are teamed up again after the Titanic portraying an everyday couple that is trying to run away from the stereotypes of suburban life; the neighborhood housewife-devoted mother and the successful-hardworking business man-father.
The whole movie is masterfully directed by Mendes, with strong characters that Slowly build up and set the dilemmas. Also, Leonardo and Kate are quite a joy together on-screen (although I've never been a real fan of Leonardo's acting abilities). The movie has many similarities to Mende's masterpiece American Beauty, since it is centered around the mid-life crisis and lost dreams of American families, in a past era this time and a clearer focus on the dreams and ambitions we seem to neglect as we grow up. A lovely movie that is definitely more than a joy to watch but lacks in details to make it really stand-out (the plot is a bit too similar to previous movies of Mendes and also the chemistry [and acting] between Kate and Leonardo could have been slightly more intense and bold).
PS. The music in the trailer is from the 60's classic Wild Is the Wind from Nina Simone while the soundtrack and music score by Thomas Newmna, who has produced (amongst many others) the score for American Beauty and the opening titles in Six-Feet Under
The whole movie is masterfully directed by Mendes, with strong characters that Slowly build up and set the dilemmas. Also, Leonardo and Kate are quite a joy together on-screen (although I've never been a real fan of Leonardo's acting abilities). The movie has many similarities to Mende's masterpiece American Beauty, since it is centered around the mid-life crisis and lost dreams of American families, in a past era this time and a clearer focus on the dreams and ambitions we seem to neglect as we grow up. A lovely movie that is definitely more than a joy to watch but lacks in details to make it really stand-out (the plot is a bit too similar to previous movies of Mendes and also the chemistry [and acting] between Kate and Leonardo could have been slightly more intense and bold).
PS. The music in the trailer is from the 60's classic Wild Is the Wind from Nina Simone while the soundtrack and music score by Thomas Newmna, who has produced (amongst many others) the score for American Beauty and the opening titles in Six-Feet Under
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