Revolutionary Road DVD Review – Lives of Quiet Desperation
June 16, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
| Movie: Revolutionary Road * Trailer * Official Site | In Theaters: Dec. 26, 2008; On DVD: June 2, 2009 |
| Runtime: 119 minutes | Directed by: Sam Mendes |
| MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity | Gecko Rating: |
As a rule, I generally don’t like movies that revolve around couples arguing. But as you can see above, I gave "Revolutionary Road" 5 out of 5 Geckos, and the reason is simple: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
As I was watching this movie, I kept thinking, here’s a couple who really work well together. It’s like they’re hardly acting, because they’re so natural with each other, their dialogue and actions playing beautifully off each other. They’re a modern-day Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, only way more intense and dramatic.
"Revolutionary Road" Review
January 24, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
| Movie: Revolutionary Road * Trailer * Official Site | In Theaters: Dec. 26, 2008 (limited; expanded in January 2009) |
| Runtime: 119 minutes | Directed by: Sam Mendes |
| MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content/nudity | Gecko Rating: |
As a rule, I generally don’t like movies that revolve around couples arguing. But as you can see above, I gave "Revolutionary Road" 5 out of 5 Geckos, and the reason is simple: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
As I was watching this movie, I kept thinking, here’s a couple who really work well together. It’s like they’re hardly acting, because they’re so natural with each other, their dialogue and actions playing beautifully off each other. They’re a modern-day Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, only way more intense and dramatic.
Kate Winslet Sick on "Revolutionary Road" Set
January 2, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
I always wondered how actors fared while filming really emotional scenes, especially doing it day in and day out. Seems like it would really take a toll on you. According to Kate Winslet, it does.
The actress says she became so emotional filming scenes for her new movie "Revolutionary Road" that she threw up.
Winslet stars as a depressed housewife opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the film, about a young couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the 1950s.
A scene in which Winslet’s character phones her children before taking a life-changing step was so heart-wrenching to shoot, she actually became physically sick.
She tells British Elle magazine, "I just kept thinking, ‘She’s a mother to a girl and boy almost identical ages to my own.’ It got to me. There was only so much my body could take from all that churned up emotion, and I threw up."
Image: Revolutionary Road, DreamWorks Distribution, 2008
"Revolutionary Road" Trailer - Kate & Leo!
December 3, 2008 by Jane Boursaw
Ooh, “Revolutionary Road” looks dramatic. How fun to see Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio on screen together again, and I love the music and 1950s stuff. This movie hits theaters in limited release Dec. 26, 2008. Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity.
