Review of Revolutionary Road (2008) by Nitin C — 19 Oct 2010

Movie is Average, not as good as I expected it to be..

This review of Revolutionary Road (2008) was written by Nitin C on 19 Oct 2010.

Revolutionary Road has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Revolutionary Road

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Fire B (11) on 18 Aug 2018

A grotesque, DEPRESSING DISTORTION OF '50S SUBURBAN LIFE AND A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By D B (92) on 05 May 2017

Good movie with good plot and good script, with excellent acting, but depressing and made me exasperated with the characters' self-centeredness…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Eva3Si0N (403) on 12 Oct 2021

The tie at Revolutionary Road is an excellent, magnificent cast, a well-transmitted historical era…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 28 Jul 2016

As a whole, Sam Mendes' film of Revolutionary Road comes close but falls short of capturing Richard Yates' terrific novel…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Jenni Miller (82) for Premiere (771) on 16 Jul 2016

Revolutionary Road isn't emotionally engaging or moving; it's awfully similar in theme to Winslet's 2006 movie Little Children…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Spangle (1,205) on 26 Mar 2016

A smart critique of marriage and the American dream, director Sam Mendes delivers a film with a similar thematic package to his debut film,…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Who A (75) on 19 Mar 2018

Maudlin, depressing. This film has some nice throwaway lines, but sucks the life from the viewer…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Kyle20Ellis (540) on 17 Apr 2022

That 'Revolutionary Road' was directed by Sam Mendes (who directed the brilliant 'American Beauty' nine years earlier) and that it reunited…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Laura F (316) on 19 Feb 2018

This movie is a prolonged depressing mess…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Darryl S (201) on 29 Jun 2016

A good movie that could have been great. The acting and soundtrack are top shelf but the story tends to be jumbled and at times incoherent…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Primal Fear (1996)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Mar 1999

You'd get more of a jolt from Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote and more intellectual stimulation from a cozy game of Clue…

Read Review

Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By Jocastat. (1) on 12 Sep 2006

Absolutely atrocious. The script was banal and general, and really told no particular story whatsoever. A two hour meander…

Read Review

Review of Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

By Pault. (4) on 19 Dec 2006

Sickly as opposed to visually stunning, Little plot no character dev, and a terrible ending made me feel cheated when the film seemed to accidently…

Read Review

Review of I ♥ Huckabees (2004)

By Can (1) on 20 Sep 2005

This lazy movie asks you to blindly accept the philosophy presented, while criticizing you for blindly accepting what you already believe…

Read Review

Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Chris Phillips (6) for Movieline (883) on 16 Apr 2001

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

Read Review

Review of Rocky V (1990)

By Aaronpaul121 (79) on 24 May 2012

Definitely the worst of all Rocky movies. The scenes were just bad and the acting is really weird…

Read Review

Review of The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

Read Review

Review of 3-Iron (2004)

By Monica W (88) on 15 Aug 2008

At first I was intrigued, but then it just got sillier and sillier…

Read Review

Review of The Discovery of Heaven (2001)

By Cátia M (19) on 12 Jul 2010

This is a very bad interpretation of a fabulous book, it doesn't provide any insight into the characters, their ideas; I highly recommend the…

Read Review

Review of Gloomy Sunday (1999)

By Artur K (16) on 10 Mar 2009

I couldn't grasp the theme or for that matter even the message the director was trying to pass on…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Babylon

2022

69%144 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Revolutionary Road

2008

71%942 Reviews

The River Wild

1994

63%410 Reviews

Zelig

1983

79%399 Reviews

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

61%751 Reviews

Psycho

2007

61%832 Reviews

Buster's Mal Heart

2017

60%100 Reviews

Gladiatress

2004

34%27 Reviews

Uncharted

2022

65%246 Reviews

Slumber Party Massacre III

1990

41%45 Reviews

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

2012

53%901 Reviews