Todd McCarthy's 'Revolutionary' Review

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939047.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&nid=2854

My thoughts mirror his, but I think I liked it a tad bit more than he did.

"['Revolutionary Road'] is constantly engrossing, as it successfully engages the Wheelers' yearning to rescue themselves from their decorous, socially acceptable oblivion, just as it clearly defines how the 'trap' is stronger than they are. The rows, tender moments and downtime in between are fully inhabited and powerfully charged by DiCaprio and Winslet. For his part, DiCaprio often achieves the kind of double register the film as a whole less consistently captures, as he indicates Frank's thought process in the split second before he decides what to say. At certain moments, the conjoined cerebral and emotional aspects of his characterization summon the spirit of Jack Nicholson's breakthrough performances around the time of 'Five Easy Pieces.'"

--DM