What a beautiful piece of cinema...

"Revolutionary Road" is a brilliant film, beautifully shot by director Sam Mendes, the husband of the leading actress Kate Winslet. The English actress plays April Wheeler, the wife of Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio), and the plot follows the breakdown of the couple's marriage, to heartbreaking effect. The film is set in 1950's Connecticut, a picturesque suburb in New York.

Emotions are up and down throughout the movie - some scenes are romantic, and show how much Frank and April care for each other, whilst others are filled with poisonous insults, arguments and bitterness. Underneath it all, it seems that their love for each other is deeply-rooted, but there are several expressions of apparent hate between them that make you wonder otherwise. Could it all just be sticking together for the sake of their kids?

Frank's shitty, soulless job as a computer salesman clearly annoys the hell out of him, so April suggests a new start in Paris, where she plans to work and support her husband's ambitions of finding his true meaning in life. Hesitant, Frank eventually agrees and falls in love with the idea, but when April falls pregnant with their third child, the cracks in their marriage widen so far that things spiral a little out of control. Frank decides to take an offer of promotion at work, shattering the plans to re-root to France and breaking April's heart, as her dreams of a happy new life for the family go down the plug.

With a tragic ending, the film hits hard, and the acting is truly spectacular. Having starred together in "Titanic" over a decade ago, it is clear that DiCaprio and Winslet's close friendship has a brilliant effect on their work. At moments the characters are a picture together, both extremely attractive and almost perfect as a pair, yet at other times they are each other's undoing, and this can be quite painful to witness as a viewer.

If you appreciate true drama and fantastic acting with some excellent camera-work, watch this film.