The buzz on Revolutionary Road...

Apparently, SAG members gave it an enthusiastic response, and the such.

That's pretty good news for Mendes and Co., I guess, but they don't even need the buzz at this point. Hear that? They don't even need it. The film is a departure for Mendes in just about every single way, don't be fooled by the superficial candy coat of suburbia all the nay'sayers will try to warn you of. "Oh noes, Mendes is doing another film about the woes of suburbia, when will he grow up?"

Come on.

The film is so much more than that. The layered and colorful performances really make the film, complemented exorbitantly well by the lush cinematography provided by Roger Deakins and the haunting score by Thomas Newman.

Press reviews should be flooding the blog gates, so to speak, in the next few days. I'm excited. Genuinely excited.
The way things are now, I wouldn't be surprised to see this snag the top award...at many ceremonies.

However, I've yet to see many of the other top contenders at the moment.

11-26: Australia, Milk

12-5: Frost/Nixon

12-10: The Reader

12-12: Doubt

12-19: The Wrestler, Gran Torino, Seven Pounds, Nothing But the Truth

12-26: Valkyrie, Last Chance Harvey, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road

Personally, only Benjamin Button seems to pose any kind of a challenge at this point.


Here's a parting thought: the marketing for Revolutionary Road has, personally, been a little underwhelming. I don't think it's really capturing the essence of the film, but then again, I don't blame them. It's a tough film to market, but I think it'll find an audience regardless.



--DM