romantic drama

Revolutionary Road is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Sam Mendes.

drama

Revolutionary Road is a 2008 British-American drama film, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Richard Yates, directed by Sam Mendes.

1950s suburban life in the East Coast

Revolutionary Road is American author Richard Yates's debut novel about 1950s suburban life in the East Coast.

a 2008 English-language Drama Romance motion picture written by Justin Haythe and Richard Yates

Revolutionary Road is a 2008 English-language Drama Romance motion picture written by Justin Haythe and Richard Yates.

an outstanding blend of human drama, vampire folklore,

Revolutionary Road’s an outstanding blend of human drama, vampire folklore, coming of age, and romance but also will very likely remain a movie that I consider to be a modern day classic.

a British-American romantic tragedy film directed by Sam Mendes

Revolutionary Road is a British-American romantic tragedy film directed by Sam Mendes.

an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet) Wheeler

Adapted from the landmark novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is an incisive portrait of an American marriage seen through the eyes of Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April (Kate Winslet) Wheeler.

the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary

Hailed as a masterpiece from its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary.

realistic fiction

From the moment of its publication in 1961, Revolutionary Road was hailed as a masterpiece of realistic fiction and as the most evocative portrayal of the opulent desolation of the American suburbs.

a 2008 period drama based on a novel of the same name by Richard Yates

Revolutionary Road is a 2008 period drama based on a novel of the same name by Richard Yates.

a tragic realistic love story powered by the believable performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet who reunite 12 years later after starring in 1997's Titanic together

Revolutionary Road is a tragic realistic love story powered by the believable performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet who reunite 12 years later after starring in 1997's Titanic together.

an American film about a married couple whose troubled relationship takes a turn for the better when they decide to move away from their unremarkable suburban life

Revolutionary Road is an American film about a married couple whose troubled relationship takes a turn for the better when they decide to move away from their unremarkable suburban life.

classic road movie

The film has the structure of a classic road movie.

road movie

The road movie seems like the most prototypically American kind of film.

a film rich in suburban horror

Revolutionary Road is a film rich in suburban horror (think The Stepford Wives meets Tyrannosaur), with a social subtext that grants gravitas to gravitas's occasional moments of melodrama.

the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner

Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner.

the domestic chamber piece recast as an All-American tragedy, where the death of dreams is equally as tragic as loss of a loved one

Revolutionary Road is the domestic chamber piece recast as an All-American tragedy, where the death of dreams is equally as tragic as loss of a loved one.

a harrowing story of domestic abuse, depression and disillusionment in 1950s suburbia

An adaptation of Richard Yates’ seminal novel of the same name, Revolutionary Road is a harrowing story of domestic abuse, depression and disillusionment in 1950s suburbia.

film

Revolutionary Road is a euphemism – one used to describe a cul-de-sac or, as is perhaps more a propos in such a film, a roundabout which the couple are stuck on, the roundabout known in more succinct circles as conformity.

an universal and timeless cinematic tale of human angst, hopes and expectations, an astonishing experience

Revolutionary Road is a triumph of form and content, an universal and timeless cinematic tale of human angst, hopes and expectations, an astonishing experience!