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Revolutionary Road (2008) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Revolutionary Road (2008) a score of 2.8244 out of 4

based on (117) reviews

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Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)

Unlike the novel, which you can set aside and take a break, with the film version of Revolutionary Road, you're in for the duration, and it's ultimately too much to take. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)

Entertainment Spectrum (Jolene Mendez)

Dreary and depressing tale that would not have survived without the powerful and emotional performances by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Entertainment Spectrum (Jolene Mendez)

eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)

As it goes on, Revolutionary Road starts to feel like a tepid rewrite of a Douglas Sirk weepie. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Rob Gonsalves)

Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)

Revolutionary Road ranks right up there with Who�s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in its characterization of a coupling deeply scabrous and defective. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)

efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)

A beautiful-looking but essentially lifeless work that would seem more at home on a mantelpiece than on a movie screen. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)

Metromix.com (Matt Pais)

Another tale about how suburban domesticity is miserable simply because it's marriage and it's the suburbs. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)

Sun Online ()

When he made his big-screen debut with American Beauty in 1999 it felt thrillingly fresh. With this second take on suburbia, Mendes is reversing up a well-worn path. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Sun Online ()

Sunday Mirror [UK] (Mark Adams)

You come out knowing you have seen some great performances, brilliant direction and beautiful cinematography, but it is just not a film you love. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Sunday Mirror [UK] (Mark Adams)

GQ Magazine [UK] (Jamie Millar)

The acting impresses, the plight of the characters, less rounded and sympathetic than they are in the book, merely depresses. Roadworthy then, but hardly revolutionary. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at GQ Magazine [UK] (Jamie Millar)

Uncut Magazine [UK] (Chris Roberts)

While Yates� story retains flecks of perceptiveness, this is as disappointing as the characters� compromises. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Uncut Magazine [UK] (Chris Roberts)

Sky Movies (Elliott Noble)

In terms of performance and production, this is an undeniably high-quality affair. Yet it�s all rather superficial. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Sky Movies (Elliott Noble)

ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)

Who on earth seriously wants to watch an entire movie of Kate and Leo squabbling as their marriage implodes? ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)

The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)

The movie mostly finds its dramatic rhythms in the, yes, titanic quarrels between its married couple. These lack for true wit or appreciation of rhetoric. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)

What Would Toto Watch? (Christian Toto)

Revolutionary Road hits theaters at the height of Oscar season. That doesn't mean it's Oscar worthy. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at What Would Toto Watch? (Christian Toto)

Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)

Revolutionary Road, an essay on the emptiness of 1950s suburban life, leaves one with an empty feeling. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)

BrandonFibbs.com (Brandon Fibbs)

We all lead lives of quiet desperation, though some of us are louder than others. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at BrandonFibbs.com (Brandon Fibbs)

The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)

Revolutionary Road is better than this cheap finale gives it credit for, and it severely puts a damper on all that has come before it. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at The Movie Boy (Dustin Putman)

Washington City Paper (Tricia Olszewski)

DiCaprio and Winslet's cinematic reunion only highlights Revolutionary Road's bleakness: Even if the Titanic hadn't gone down, the film tells us, these lovebirds were still doomed. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Washington City Paper (Tricia Olszewski)

filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)

Welcome to Revolutionary Road, the feel miserable movie of 2008. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)

Triple j (Marc Fennell)

Sooner or later it becomes very hard to escape the sense that nothing actually happens in this film. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Triple j (Marc Fennell)

E! Online (Dezhda Mountz)

Thankfully, director Sam Mendes keeps the whole sad thing under two hours. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at E! Online (Dezhda Mountz)

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

Watching a Sam Mendes film is like sitting in a room while all the air is being sucked out. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)

Revolutionary Road is a sad experience, but the sadness has no emotional heft because its people have none. This movie has not earned its funk. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)

Teletext (Victor Olliver)

Revolutionary Road is a moany, groany, phoney Oscars contender that's all boo-hoo-hooey. Mendes merely assumes we will share his characters' contempt for 'burbs life. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Teletext (Victor Olliver)

Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

...stale and predictable. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)

you outgrow these arguments--you only hope that the entertainments intended to illuminate as you get more curious have the decency to mature at the same pace ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)

LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)

...a limp, facile condemnation of suburbia (though in the interest of full disclosure, I moved from Chicago to the suburbs six years ago and happen to enjoy the extra trees.) ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at LarsenOnFilm (Josh Larsen)

Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)

Revolutionary Road isn't just a failed literary adaptation. It's a failure of the worst kind: It doesn't even make you want to read Richard Yates' deservedly legendary book. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)

MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)

Both the protagonists are thoroughly mediocre, uninteresting people, and I never figured out why I was supposed to care about the fate of either of them. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)

Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)

Dutifully reproduces incidents and particulars while only rarely glancing at the underlying element of self-deception, of acting a part, that defines said moments. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Slant Magazine (Nick Schager)

Suite101.com (Rob Humanick)

The cinematic equivalent of watching a balloon deflate slowly, agonizingly, through a microscopic pinprick. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Suite101.com (Rob Humanick)

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