As Revolutionary Road just came out before a national audience this weekend I won’t say anything to spoil the story (except maybe for those who want to know absolutely nothing about a movie before seeing it). I had rather mixed feelings of it. The scenes of the 1950’s helped a bit with my Mad Men withdrawal. It does take place about eight years earlier but the offices, including treatment of secretaries, didn’t change much between the two.
It was also good to see Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet back together. They both gave excellent performances, but perhaps this also increased the aspect of the movie I felt uncomfortable about. One might come out of the pair of movies staring DiCaprio and Winslet thinking it is preferable to go down with the Titanic than to live in American suburbia. I’ve lived in suburbia. While some criticism might be valid, it is infinitely better than being on the Titanic.
