110 out of 112 people found the following review helpful:

Solid enough but lacking any real bite or originality

Daniel Pollard from Manchester, England, 17th February, 2009

The latest film from Sam Mendes the acclaimed theatre director turned Hollywood darling by his first feature, American Beauty. He quickly followed this up with the Road to Perdition, Jarhead and now Revolution Road, adapted from the cult Richard Yates novel. The film returns to the themes first covered by Mendes in American Beauty of mundane, bored and unfulfilled relationships behind the white middle class picket fences of suburban American. Unfortunately, this all sounds very familiar and when the film is running it does feel very outdated and dull. After watching David Lynch’s dark masterpiece Blue Velvet and even Mendes own American Beauty it’s easy to feel this is a soft touch lacking any real bite, satirical edge or originality. On the plus side, the performances are solid, if a little too worthy, the cinematography is neat and unfussy and the supporting roles are good, even if they are very clichéd.

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38 out of 43 people found the following review helpful:

Made for awards not for entertainment

A Customer from Ashton-Under-Lyne, 2nd February, 2009

Fooled by the critics again, we expected this to be a tour de force film that was different than any other, instead we were rewarded by two hours of a chain smoking 50's couple falling out, making up, falling out, shouting at each other and general un-entertaining misery that might be high brow enough in its acting performances to have the various awards bodies clamouring to dish out the gongs, for us mere mortals who want a bit of escapist entertainment if you slept for an hour of this you will have missed 2 minutes, a pretty miserable film that we could not recommended.

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37 out of 45 people found the following review helpful:

Depressing and boring

A Customer from Petworth, 2nd February, 2009

Very disappointing. I really couldn't get into this film, it had nothing remarkable about it at all. The acting was good, but the storyline was weak with no decent scenery. I would have very happily walked out of the cinema. It wasn't even realistic, the kids only appeared a couple or three times. I guess it was trying to put a point across, but by the end of the film I really couldn't care what happened to either of the lead characters.

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19 out of 22 people found the following review helpful:

Mundane Medis!

mrandmrsinsull from , 24th March, 2009

Well, nothing is more depressing than watching a film about a couple that do nothing but argue and basically that is it . the acting is good but the story is dull dull dull - a waste of an hour and 52 mins of your life!

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NOT AS GOOD AS I HOPED.

jennyren from from Leek, 20th November, 2009

Well with good actors and a good director i had hoped for high things however i was a little disapointed. The end was the bet bit.

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I like this film....

A Customer from London, 19th November, 2009

Kate Winslet, whether you like her or not, is a genius! If given the choice of watching this or The Reader, i'd go for The Reader evry single time. That said this film is a must watch for most people. It is one of those films where not a lot happens and yet is gripping for the entire two hours it is showing, much like The Station Agent (very good film if you're interested). The plot if feel, because it is kept simple, does not require a lot of thought to enjoy it but you could look so much deeper, and i imagine will be on the syllabus for film students in years to come.

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Depressing well made movie

Dunlop from , 19th November, 2009

Very well filmed & acted movie, but at no point does it make you feel happy.

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Rev. Road

A Customer from Truro, 17th November, 2009

What a good yarn! I had high expectations for this film. Kate and Leo reunited again, Kate being one of my top 5 favourite actresses, and good reviews when it was first released. The pace was slow, but every scene was interesting, kept alive by the fantastic acting. As the film went on it became more strange and twisted. The tension and suspense grew, and Winslet and DiCaprio really came into their own as the pace picked up and story got really compelling. What was going to happen? it was like i was holding my breath, my imagination was running wild. For me, the acting was sublime, and as I watched it with my parents, they understood the 'supressed housewife in suburbia' scenario from their own parents generation. For those that like what I call 'deep and meaningful' films, and for winslet fans this one is a must!

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