Revolutionary Road

Very disappointing movie. Unlike the book which I liked a lot.

Partly out of a choice of where to compress. The book is written in an explicitly spelt-out three-part structure. They kept all of Part 3, and reduced Part 1 to less than 15 minutes. This is just bad. The characters all come out flat with the two leads (and some of the supporting cast) salvaging whatever they can.

Basically, the screenplay sucked, and there's only a handful of excellent moments.

There were tons of "historical" mistakes. The design of the service in the restaurants is a late-90's thing. Those shapes don't exist in the 50's. And beer cans with rivet and pull-tabs were invented in 1962. Also, the liquor bottles are all the wrong shapes and forms in a movie where everyone boozes and smokes non-stop.

The reviews keep saying that the movie is "thought provoking". If this is thought provoking then maybe, just maybe you don't "think" enough.