Translating Richard Yates' acclaimed and influential 1961 novel -- by turns sardonic, poetically insightful and brutally honest -- into fully fleshed-out movie drama no doubt stood as Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe's biggest challenge. read more
Revolutionary Road
"Revolutionary Road" is a very good bigscreen adaptation of an outstanding American novel -- faithful, intelligent, admirably acted, superbly shot. It also offers a near-perfect case study of the ways...