Time Machine: Revolutionary Road Review
A film about a couples’ relationship traumatised by their own feelings for each other shows the hope to revive their lives they had been longing for for so long, but the interruption of misunderstanding each others feelings prevents their American dream. This is a story about a marriage being pushed to the limits by the hope of rediscovering themselves and trying to rebuild their relationship to the height it is used to be.
The couples’ relationship unfolds and you are able to start to understand the characters feelings and perception of their relationship; to their friends they are a perfect couple who have everything they should ever want and seem to be made for each other, but hidden away in the barriers of their own home lies a disturbed marriage filled with unresolved arguments and the resentment of cheating on one another. Despite this, after seven years they are still trying to make things work which allows you to see the incredible determination to be happy with what they have, and although they seem to hate each other and are very spiteful to one another, every time they get into another argument it makes you wonder why they even try and keep the marriage afloat.
The storyline has obviously been very well thought out as the idea of an uneasy marriage trying to go for the American dream is ‘revolutionary’ at that time and although there are not many major events that occur, it is interesting to see the way the characters interact with each other and the audience through. The momentum of the story speeds up and sows down as one minute they are happy with what they have and the next minute they are arguing each other about not telling each other their true feelings and how their marriage is built on lies and in order for it work, the need to start being honest
Overall it was a good film. It gives insight into a relationship that you wouldn’t normally get to see as it is usually masked with the typical smiles on faces and the fake happiness that their relationship gives out to their friends. It has been filmed very well and managed to capture what each character thinks and feels about each other. It shows a marriage which has the potential to work; whether or not the people involved want to make it work is another matter.
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