Richard Yates

Sam Mendes and Michael Shannon remind us that people who are diagnosed with seriously mental illness can, when feeling respected, say profound things and should be taken seriously.

In Revolutionary Road, audiences see the destruction of a relationship never really fated to be, somewhat thrown together by expectations they have for each other but are never realized.

Whatever the film's merits, I expect Revolutionary Road to do utterly dismal box office here on the home front.

Revolutionary Road plods ever forward to the final fade out, but it still encompasses some wonderful moments and makes us look forward to the next pairing of Leo and Kate.