Review of Revolutionary Road (2008) by Dwilly — 04 Jan 2009

This is a wonderful picture for adults, with a fantastic cast all the way around-- Winslet strong as hell and DiCaprio continues to be just mindblowingly good (how lucky we are to have a working, young leading man of this gigantic talent, with great taste, and who isn't crazy).

No, it's not a chipper romp, it's art. The kind that Kafka says we should seek to wound and stab us and act as an ax for the frozen sea inside. This movie stands at the opposite pole from the laughable tripe that is "blah, blah Benjamin Button," against which it competes, and dwarfs with its scalding dignity.