Director : Sam Mendes
Running Time : 119 mins
Frank (DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Winslet) seem to most people to be the perfect couple leading the perfect life, but neither one of them is happy; April has been forced to give up on her career as an actress in order to raise their two children, and Frank hates his office job, but doesn’t know what else he could do for a living. April suggests they move to Paris where she can get a high paying job and Frank can spend some time thinking about what he really wants to do with his life, but when Frank is promoted and April falls pregnant again, the two start to differ in their ideas about their future together.
Both DiCaprio and Winslet put in some brilliant performances in this movie, but the problem was I didn’t really like the characters. Although they are pretty standard characters – a woman who has lost out on fulfilling her dream due to marriage and children, and a man who works a job he hates to support his family – neither of them felt that realistic, especially when everyone over reacts to Frank being annoyed with April’s mental brother who has no excuse for acting like a prick. “He’s not well”, his family argue, as Frank is insulted in every way you can think of. Couple this with one of the most downbeat endings imaginable, and you’ve got a pretty depressing drama on your hands.
You’ll like this if you liked : Blue Valentine
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