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Friday, January 2, 2009

Film Have You Read Paul Constant's Review of Revolutionary Road?

Posted by Lindy West on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:37 PM

Oh, you should!

The problem is that every year around Oscar season, Hollywood dresses up like average people and puts on a caricature play of suburban life, and we know the score far too well at this point. There is sad, meaningless adultery. DiCaprio and Winslet relentlessly feud—from the very beginning of the film—in the kind of screaming, snot-splattered scenes that always wind up in Best Actor and Actress montages at awards shows. And you can throw all the money in the world at this sort of thing (the costumes and sets are beautiful), but without the soul of Yates's gorgeous language, it's only so much pretty whining.

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Good review... I'd say Paul ripped the mask off that movie.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on January 2, 2009 at 3:55 PM

for a moment there i thought it was a still from 'the reader'.

Posted by scary tyler moore on January 2, 2009 at 3:58 PM

The problem with Paul Constant is that he is your typical self-congratulating critic. He has never published a book, never produced a film, never done anything public besides the critiquing of other people's creativity.

Oh, the authority of a retail clerk!

I personally loved his "Books that Make People Turn Into Assholes" feature a few years back.
(Obviously, he read a lot of them!!)

*Disclaimer- I'm in no way defending this Rev. Road movie. Common sense says its a mediocre film. I'm just a little tired of Paul jerking off all over everything....

Posted by blah blah blah on January 2, 2009 at 4:09 PM

If there's no hobo sex in an old model T between the two, then I don't think its worth watching either of them ever.

Posted by Joh on January 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM

I was moderately intrigued by this movie, but the trailer had an awful lot of hysterical sobbing in it. It also had a line that went something like "I love Paris.. people are just so alive there". Which made me wince....

Posted by Julie in Chicago on January 2, 2009 at 4:36 PM

I really want the shirt that Leo is wearing!!

Posted by Non on January 2, 2009 at 6:07 PM

It's always a good idea to read more than one movie review. For example the SF Chronicle critic calls "Revolutionary Road" the best film of 2008. He gives a thorough rundown on his opinion.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfga…

Posted by Oh that on January 3, 2009 at 5:15 PM