Review of Revolutionary Road (2008) by Kim S — 14 Apr 2012

Beautiful film, outstanding performances.

This review of Revolutionary Road (2008) was written by Kim S on 14 Apr 2012.

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 Geewah (593) on 28 Jan 2021

Kate Winslet plays a repressed and at times lonely housewife. Again…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By House M (195) on 22 Aug 2017

Drama story about a dysfunctional unfulfilled couple trapped in their 50's suburban life…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 24 Mar 2017

The result is that Revolutionary Road is a hard movie to love…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Phoenixdown (2) on 10 Jun 2017

If I wanted to watch two intensely unlikeable people arguing for 120 minutes then I would go visit my parents…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Sam M (1,488) on 29 Apr 2016

I'm still struggling to understand this film, but it seems to be about a wife and mother who feels trapped in her respective roles and tries…

Read Review

Review of Revolutionary Road (2008)

By Izzy E (6) on 27 Mar 2016

One of the most beautiful films I've ever seen, in every sense of the word. It's absolutely incredible…

Read Review

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 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 Adrian S (365) on 28 Aug 2018

Sam Mendes has crafted a touching story of a couple with marital issues…

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

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

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 The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Stephanies. (5) on 19 Mar 2007

While Idi Amen degraded to the status of Dictator and maniacal murderer, this movie did little to establish the foundation for his rise to…

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

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Revolutionary Road

2008

71%942 Reviews

Once Bitten

1985

56%299 Reviews

Hammett

1982

62%32 Reviews

2014

80%210 Reviews

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

50%1,018 Reviews

Analyze This

1999

68%537 Reviews

Grace Is Gone

2007

66%514 Reviews

Sleeper

2012

57%483 Reviews

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

74%682 Reviews

Paterson

2016

76%526 Reviews