Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (Mrs. Sam Mendes), takes us back to the post-war tree-lined Utopia Americans still dream for today. The sacred tableau of loving newlyweds, a promising career, and the life of the stay-at-home mom are painted neatly into this film until the its hard-core undertow drowns away the bunny-and-rainbow-Librium fifties fog.
It's a romp from reality for the film's young couple, the Wheelers, when they decide to buck the...
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