Trailer: REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

by Matt Holmes
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD is kind of Sam Mendes' own prequel to AMERICAN BEAUTY. Imagine if Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were Annette Benning and Kevin Spacey but in the early days of their moving into to the suburbs, settling down in a giant house. This is where the bickering begins. They have "The American Dream" but they just don't like it. They didn't expect it to be like this. Just this one is set in the 50's. The movie of course will sell on the basis it has the two co-stars whose love story ten years ago made for the biggest movie of all time. I'm not particularly sold on their chemistry here and the trailer feels a little awkward but the themes and the source material (Richard Yates' superb novel) are enough to get me into the theatre. The trailer premiered on Entertainment Tonight, sorry for the crappy version but it's the best we have right now...

The movie which also co-stars a third TITANIC alumni in Kathy Bates... opens December 26th in the U.S. and January 30th in the U.K.

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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.