The man that gave us American Beauty and Road to Perdition is back, this time with a rather smart pairing promising to make history as it once did eleven years ago with Titanic. Yes, the man I am talking about is English director Sam Mendes, the pair, Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet, and the movie, Revolutionary Road. As though that were not enough, there is more flavour in this curious mix: Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes have been married for five years, which I'm sure provided for interesting and awkward moments on set. Sam Mendes, as the oscar-winning, first-time director of American Beauty, has always succeeded in romancing critics over to his side. No matter the subject matter or premise at hand - be it a middle-aged man disillusioned with his life but in love with his daughter's best friend, or a gangster father determined to protect his son from the damnation of his violent life, or an idle army in the middle of the Arabian desert - Mendes proves adept in portraying the struggles and dilemmas of his characters. And English as he is, the man seems to love America. All his movies have been either set in America or have been about America, including Revolutionary Road.
Revolutionary Road is about an American couple determined to escape the trappings of middle-class suburbia and the lack of fulfillment that such a life brings while at the same time risking their marriage. The question the film asks is: Can two people break away from the ordinary without breaking apart?
The movie doesn't get released until late December, possibly early January. Watch out for it, and by all means, when the time comes go see it. I have a hunch Mendes is about to outdo himself once more. And he really should pay me for the kind of publicity I give him. Check out the trailer:
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