Tag: leonardo dicaprio

My parents, who have now been happily married for 27 years, have grown up and lived in the same Los Angeles suburb for their entire lives with no intentions of ever changing this. As someone that loves traveling and living in different environments, this astounds me. But their contentedness may also be why their marriage is a lot more happy and successful than the one in Revolutionary Road, which is now on wide release in movie theaters.

More of an experience to be had than a plotted story to follow, this movie chronicles the lives of two people aiming to move to Paris and live the high life some day, not permanently succumb to the cookie-cutterisms of 1950s suburbia. Instead of being in love with each other, they are in love with a narcissistic fantasy together. But the responsibilities of raising a family erode this dream and the absence of any authentic relationship beneath it is awkward and painful.