What drives people to this? What personal failures, hidden jealousies, and questioned motives lead people to live like this? What has to happen for two lovers to go out and try to hurt each other? Revolutionary Road deconstructs the "married life" during the 1950's and deconstruct is more of a euphemism. It dissects, unravels, and implodes a marriage. There are two scenes in the film that are so powerful it was nightmarish and heartbreaking to watch. More credit should have been given to Leonardo DiCaprio, who embodies a performance of seething frustration. We sense his awareness of his wife's refusal to be happy about anything, and the impotence he feels after even trying to please her at all. This impotence explodes a few times and the result is a helpless young child on the screen who cannot figure out why he is no longer loved. What a tragedy this story is; I don't know if I'll ever be able to forget April and Frank and their acute abilities to turn the knife. What drives people to this? What good is love if it leads to this?
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