Revolutionary Raves

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s on-screen reunion in Sam Mendes’ Revolutionary Road is receiving mostly positive reviews from critics. The New York Post said the portrait of a ‘50s marriage is “the best work of their careers” and called the film “beautifully executed.” DiCaprio, critic Lou Lumenick wrote, “reaches deep into himself for a not especially likable character” and Winslet (Mendes' wife) “once again demonstrates why she's one of the best actresses working today.” David Denby of the New Yorker, meanwhile, raved that Winslet displays “laborious precision” in the movie, based on the 1961 novel by Richard Yates, and Mendes’ version is “clenched, explosive, and, perhaps, cathartic.”