Revolutionary Road – Movie Review

I heard today that the ratings for *Jon & Kate + 8* were rapidly dropping despite the huge increase in media attention.  I think its because we are all ready watching all our friends lose their jobs & houses.  Why do we also want to see a very unhappy couple dish out their private life for so-called entertainment?  It’s just too doggone depressing.  I can barely stomach another piece of Gosselin news.  I feel awful for them & I do hope & pray that their “big announcement” is try to work it out.

So, it goes with Revolutionary Road.  It’s just downright depressing.  Not a movie to watch to be entertained.  That said, it’s a good movie, beautifully done and well acted.  Leonardo & Kate give impressive performances.  Especially, Leo.

What Dave & I loved about it -besides the beautiful cinematography- was how subtle it was.  You don’t know if their making an argument for or against abortion.  You don’t know if their making an argument for marriage or to get divorced when you need to.  Heck, you don’t even know if the movie is arguing for or against having an affair when life gets down & out.  There’s something really great about this movie in that way, you simply draw your own conclusions.  On the other hand, we both left thinking, “so how does this inform our worldview? We don’t know!”  Which, for the Biskies isn’t good.  We like to be able to figure out the worldview of a film and choose to or not to incorporate into our ongoing views of the world.  However, we still enjoyed it.

Grade: A+++ (on so many levels – high quality film making)

Recommend: Yeah, but only if your in the mood to be a little sad.  There’s nothing “feel-good” about this flick.