Our 2008 retrospective continues with “Revolutionary Road,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, and Kathy Bates. Directed by Winslet’s real-life husband at the time, Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, and adapted by Justin Haythe from the award-winning novel by Richard Yates, this was considered a huge Oscar contender on paper before its release around Christmas time in 2008. Once it was released, it received mixed but still positive reviews, with most of the praise going to the acting of Winslet, DiCaprio, and Shannon, and eventually scored three Oscar nominations. Winslet, though, despite winning the Golden Globe and receiving BAFTA and SAG nominations, was Oscar-nominated for her other 2008 contender, “The Reader.” How has the period domestic drama held up all these years later? Please tune in as Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, Amy Kim, and I talk about the Mendes’s direction, the story’s themes, Roger Deakins’s cinematography, Thomas Newman’s score, the performance, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Please check out our past reviews for “Frost/Nixon,” “Doubt,“ and “Changeling.“ We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review!
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