| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"Maybe it's a cheap shot to call Revolutionary Road American Beauty without the laughs, but it gets to the heart of the problem." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"This film is so good it is devastating." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Battle scenes bring out the best in this tale of stifled suburbia." more... |
B |
E! Online
Dezhda Gaubert |
"Thankfully, director Sam Mendes keeps the whole sad thing under two hours." more... |
C |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"The film is lavishly dark -- some might say too dark..." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...the feel-miserable movie of 2008." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A marriage crumbles in this didactic, emotionally overblown critique of the soulless suburbs." more... |
C |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"Strong performances steer this 1950s marital drama out of a period-picture trap." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...the acting is fantastic across the board." more... |
A- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...Mr. Mendes’s investment in this story feels professional, diagnostic." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...dramatically potent material..." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"... raw and riveting..." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...gets my vote as the best American film of 2008." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...sensitive, wryly compassionate, immaculately acted..." more... |
A- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...devastatingly sad ..." more... |
B |
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