NEW Dicaprio/winslet/shannon/bates - Revolutionary Road (Blu-ray)

Paramount Revolutionary Road (Blu-ray)In Revolutionary Road, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio reunite for the first time since their careers exploded withTitanic--and it's almost as if they're playing the same characters, only married and faced with thehollowness of a 1950s suburban existence. Frank and April Wheeler (DiCaprio and Winslet) always thought of themselves as special, but they settled ina conventional Connecticut suburb when they had children. Hungry for a less constricted life, Aprilpersuades Frank to move to Paris--but slowly their plans unravel and their marriage unravels along with it. While Revolutionary Road may be a bit tooglib about suburban emptiness--the lives Frank and April lead don't seem so stifled--the portrait of a mismatched marriage is vivid and devastating. The ways that Frank and April misinterpret each other, and the subtle yet unbearable dissatisfactionthey feel, is rendered with remarkable and unsettling acuteness. Winslet and DiCaprio's natural chemistry tells us what drew these two together, making the way they tear each other apart all the moreshocking. The excellent supporting cast includes Kathy Bates (Misery), Dylan Baker (Happiness), andespecially Michael Shannon (Bug) as a mentally troubled mathematician who cuts to the quick of the Wheelers' troubles