How do you break free without breaking apart?
| Cast |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Ryan Simpkins, Ty Simpkins, Kathy Bates |
| Director |
Sam Mendes |
| Screenplay | Justin Haythe, from the novel by RIchard Yates |
| Music | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
| Editing | Tariq Anwar |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| SA distributor | UIP |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | BBC Films, DreamWorks Pictures, Evamere Entertainment, Goldcrest Pictures, Neal Street Productions, Scott Rudin Productions |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Mild to moderate, fairly frequent, in context |
| Nudity | Brief, infrequent exposure of breast |
| Sex | Simuiated sex with suggestive sounds, infrequent |
| Violence | Domestic upheaval, strife and conflicts in marriage |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild religious profanities |
| Drug abuse | Fairly frequent tobacco and alcohol, consumption in context |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Naas Ferreira | 15 |  |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 15 | |
| iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden | 13 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman  An engaging period piece. | 16 | |
| 24.com Finn Gregory | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday 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? | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson Revolutionary Road’s portrait of mid-century suburban malaise is unremittingly grim. | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers What does a cult 1961 Richard Yates novel about a 1950s marriage rotting in the burbs have to say to a new century? Plenty, and hold on, because the raw and riveting Revolutionary Road hits you where it hurts. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs A little suburban unhappiness, disillusion and depression go a long way, be that near, far, or wherever you are. Good but not great. | 12 | |
| Metacritic.com 37 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 129 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Brilliantly acted and emotionally powerful, Revolutionary Road is a handsome adaptation of Richard Yates' celebrated novel. | 13 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 7848 Netizens A missed opportunity | 16 | |
Average .. 70% | 14 | |