Revolutionary Road (2008) Rank 5 Reviews

Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)

Each revelation. Every event. A snapshot.[Sam] Mendes lingers on the characters %u2014 especially Golden Globe winning [Kate] Winslet %u2014 and wordlessly lets you feel what they feel. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Tri-City Herald (Gary Wolcott)

MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)

The best work that either DiCaprio or Winslet has ever done. Mendes masterfully conducts controlled fireworks of verbal savagery to suit the age of apropos and good reputations. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)

PopMatters (Bill Gibron)

From cast to conclusion, Revolutionary Road is fate funneled through a true artists muse. Its one of 2008s very best. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)

One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)

Revolutionary Road is a bleak, bitter, brilliant portrayal of the failure of the fifties version of the American dream it so beautifully captures in period terms. It is a worthy adaptation of its much-praised source. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

This film is so good it is devastating. A lot of people believe their parents didn't understand them. What if they didn't understand themselves? ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)

An extraordinary motion picture that harnesses spellbinding emotional discharge and enthralling disgust, using two of the most talented and captivating stars of today to bring to the screen a masterwork of domestic isolation. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)

Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)

For now, for many, "Revolutionary Road" is a very pretty, very quiet dead-end street. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)

Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)

Apparently, their hearts did go on--and how. Easily, one of the year's best films. It's fantastic, with two amazing performances by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)

San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

Revolutionary Road gets my vote as the best American film of 2008. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)

Beautifully shot, superbly written drama that exerts a powerful emotional grip and features terrific performances from a reunited Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)

Revolutionary Road is easily the best-acted film of 2008, and one of the most corrosive. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)

ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)

Richard Yates' 1961 novel about a young couple staring into the abyss of the American Dream myth provides director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty") with plenty of emotional ammunition to fuel this gorgeous but devastating drama. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)

New York Observer (Rex Reed)

Revolutionary Road is a profound, intelligent and deeply heartfelt work that raises the bar of filmmaking to exhilarating heights of greatness. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at New York Observer (Rex Reed)

Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)

Is the movie trying too hard? In moments of self-doubt, I wonder...I found the performances stellar and I was emotionally rocked and rolled; I ask for little more. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)

...brilliant and cold, like a sun-flooded winter's day. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)

Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)

This cracked social mirror the director holds up to society is no pretty sight. Although it's impossible to turn away. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)

Tulsa World (Michael Smith)

There is great anguish and great artistry in this showcase by Winslet. This is a film that hurts so good. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Tulsa World (Michael Smith)

Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)

DiCaprio and Winslet deliver terrific performances. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Directed with extraordinary skill by Sam Mendes, the film is a tough road well worth traveling. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)

A heartbreakingly sad yet remarkable film from director Sam Mendes. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)

Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

...consistently elevated by the superb performances and Sam Mendes' expectedly enthralling directorial choices. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)

Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)

The build-up gains slow momentum but once it finds its rhythm Rev Road is positively devastating ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Revolutionary Road is dramatically potent material and, although it poses a number of philosophical questions, it works best as an unsentimental examination of a marriage in crisis. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)

Imagine, if you can, what Tennessee Williams might have written for a story line of TV's Mad Men and you'll get a good picture of Revolutionary Road. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)

NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)

Revolutionary Road is heartbreaking and unforgiving. And a tough love, eloquent and melancholy tale that resolutely stalks the memory. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)

Daily Telegraph (Australia) (Vicky Roach)

A cold and unappealing drama that is almost cripplingly middle-class. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Daily Telegraph (Australia) (Vicky Roach)

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

If the film seems obvious compared to the novel, it captures Yates' idea that the young, even naive, Frank and April are play actors in their own lives... ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)

Revolutionary Road's existential dread of unspoken feelings bubbling to the surface perhaps better resembles Tennessee Williams, a towering explorer of authenticity and self-delusion. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)

Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)

Revolutionary Road is content to be a powerful film about an ordinary troubled marriage; the kind taking place in a handful of houses on your block - perhaps even in your own. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Bangitout.com (Jordan Hiller)

CinemaBlend.com (Katey Rich)

Vital and brilliant, without American Beauty's occasional pretension, it's a shot in the arm for the dull holiday season, a shattering experience well worth having. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Katey Rich)

The New Yorker (David Denby)

I would be surprised if this brilliant and touching film did not become required viewing for teachers all over the United States. Everyone else should see it as well it is a wonderful movie. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at The New Yorker (David Denby)

Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)

Revolutionary Road is a very well-made film indeed, and if it stings a little, that is only a testament to how strong a work it is. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)

Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)

Another gem from director Sam Mendes about suburbanites who lead lives of quiet desperation. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)

Boxoffice Magazine (Mark Keizer)

Packs considerable punch. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Mark Keizer)

At the Movies (Margaret Pomeranz)

The territory covered is bleak but searingly honest. It is another terrific achievement for Mendes. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at At the Movies (Margaret Pomeranz)

Variety (Todd McCarthy)

Revolutionary Road is a very good bigscreen adaptation of an outstanding American novel faithful, intelligent, admirably acted, superbly shot. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)

Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

Onscreen cigarette smoking is as incessant as April's discontent--the period prop that becomes a running gag. A more important choke point, though, is dim audience involvement. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

It reunites again Titanic doomed shipmates Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Kathy Bates, but this time as doomed suburbanites. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)

The novel is told mostly from Frank's viewpoint, the movie is just as much April's, and Winslet, whether fighting back or fighting back tears, is sensational. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at New York Daily News (Joe Neumaier)

EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Though boasting strong, Oscar-caliber turns from DiCaprio, Winslet, and Michael Shannon, Mendes' second dissection of suburbia is too studied and deliberate in the first acts before generating emotional power, and may suffer in comparison to TV's Mad Men. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)

If you're looking for a sad, well-crafted time at the movies, this is your best bet. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)

Film Threat (Don R. Lewis)

An unforgettable film and one of the year's best. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Film Threat (Don R. Lewis)

Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

Revolutionary Road has deception, adultery, operatic shouting, the then-forbidden specter of abortion, and a few scenes that spotlight the remarkable performance of Michael Shannon as John Givings. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)

Another gem from director Sam Mendes about suburbanites who lead lives of quiet desperation. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)

Heart 106.2 (Simon Thompson)

A great script, visually stunning cinematography and great direction from Kate�s husband Sam Mendes make this a remarkable experience. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Heart 106.2 (Simon Thompson)

Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

The movie is intense and stylized, and bristling with great performances. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)

Daily Mirror [UK] (David Edwards)

It�s as if someone�s taken the American Dream, lashed it to a table and cut it open to see how it works. An uncomfortable process, to be sure, but an awfully compelling one, too. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Daily Mirror [UK] (David Edwards)

Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

An unflinching look at the discontent of a suburban couple and the ways they deal with the death of their dream of liberation. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

Modern Fabulousity (Gabriel Shanks)

An actors' showcase for its iconic duo...and both have grown impressively since they last swooned shipside. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Modern Fabulousity (Gabriel Shanks)

Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)

Sam Mendes has worked in this territory before with his Oscar-winning American Beauty. Revolutionary Road is a better movie because it doesn't rely on such blatant caricatures. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)

Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)

It is good, not great, and it is the two stars that make this worth the price of admission. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin Clifford)

Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)

Skilfully adapted and superbly directed, the film is an emotional tornado, delivered with exceptional performances from not only the two leads but the entire cast ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Urban Cinefile (Andrew L. Urban)

Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)

Viewers in the mood for rip-snorting marital combat should go ahead and partake, but they must prepare to leave the theatre in a state of profound depression. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)

NPR.org (Bob Mondello)

Buy the house in the suburbs, go to work, take out the garbage, have an affair — slowly these two mortgage their dreams. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at NPR.org (Bob Mondello)

ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)

Revolutionary Road assuredly closes the door on its potential for surprise and deeper insight, and all we can do is effortlessly second-guess its inevitable conclusion. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Jeffrey Chen)

WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Revolutionary Road is for those of you who think Marley & Me looks like a sappy, falsely cute, sugary sweet concoction of junk. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)

Christianity Today (Brett McCracken)

And by the end of Revolutionary Road, we know one thing for certain, there has got to be a better way. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Christianity Today (Brett McCracken)

Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)

[A] devastating if flawed adaptation of the Richard Yates novel. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)

Onion AV Club (Keith Phipps)

Both director and cast keep the familiar journey intense, but after capturing the death of love in those opening moments, the rest of the film too often feels like a study in dissection. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Onion AV Club (Keith Phipps)

St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))

Sam Mendes, still better known for his theater work than as a movie director, has put a decidedly theatrical spin on Richard Yates' 1961 novel. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))

Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

However familiar it may ring, this very downbeat tale about dreams dashed in the name of stifling social conformity feels freshly devastating, thanks to the lead pair. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

Slate (Dana Stevens)

Why does the movie feel as pleasantly deadening as the midcentury Connecticut suburb where it takes place? ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)

Beliefnet (Nell Minow)

It may be, as Thoreau said, that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation," but in the movies, desperation is much more likely to be loud. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)

Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)

People will argue over the film's histrionic tendencies but stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DeCaprio bring it in every scene and produce an admittedly depressing film. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)

Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

Strong performances steer this 1950s marital drama out of a period-picture trap. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

House Next Door (Dan Callahan)

Revolutionary Road is not a great film, per se; a great film needs the stamp of a great director. But it is a great film of this great book. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at House Next Door (Dan Callahan)

New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)

It simply doesn't play as well as it reads. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at New York Observer (Andrew Sarris)

Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)

Sam Mendes is very much the MVP of this film, and he doesn't care who knows it; that's not enough to make the film great, but at least it's more successful than a lot of our recent prestige pictures. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)

www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)

Hoplessly bleak and disturbingly detached, this dissection of a doomed marriage is saved by Kate Winslet's formidable performance. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)

Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)

A skillfully composed but gloomy affair that rigidly positions itself as a Serious Adult Drama of the feel-bad variety. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Metromix.com (Geoff Berkshire)

Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)

The many millions who swooned over their romance in Titanic should expect to encounter a very different couple in Revolutionary Road. The bloom is very much off the rose. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)

I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)

Like Columbus, British filmmaker Sam Mendes insists he's discovered America. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)

New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

Nothing much happens in the story, just two ordinary lives coming apart at the seams. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

Premiere Magazine (Jennifer Miller)

The directing, acting, set design, it's all top notch! ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Premiere Magazine (Jennifer Miller)

Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)

Mendes' skillfully struck detachment sabotages pathos. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)

Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)

[Solid] performances took me over some of the bumps of the movie. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Revolutionary Road fails to make the idea of dropping out either attractive or relevant. It fails to find any humor, tension or release in its situation. It fails to make this family and their friends feel plausible. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

Toronto Star (Peter Howell)

Somehow the film fails to inspire more than admiration, never reaching the same heights of empathy achieved by less impeccable treatments of the same topic. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)

Illinois Times (Charles Koplinski)

Revolutionary takes us down a familiar road. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Illinois Times (Charles Koplinski)

Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)

Like its cinematic kin, Frost/Nixon and Doubt, this, too, is a delicately crafted, prestige project whose translation to screen doesn't deliver the original's amazements. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)

Boston Globe (Ty Burr)

Winslet gives a fearless performance here. It's not her fault her husband has shrouded it in Taste. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)

Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)

It packs some dramatic fireworks but, in the end, not enough emotional punch. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 ()

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)

Revolutionary Road might work best as a sick joke, aimed at couples who went to see Titanic on a first date and now find themselves married and as miserable as Frank and April Wheeler. Otherwise, I cannot imagine any reason for it to exist. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Philadelphia Weekly (Sean Burns)

Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)

Affected, overwrought misstep from director Sam Mendes tracks the brutal disintegration of a 50s-era suburban couple in high style and higher melodrama. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)

The Trend (Stephen Silver)

Except for a handful of misplaced laughs, "Revolutionary Road" is nothing but loud arguments, awkward silences and other bits of unpleasantness. ...read the complete Revolutionary Road movie review at The Trend (Stephen Silver)

Screen It! (Jim Judy)