Ever wondered what would have happened if Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack and Kate Winslet's Rose were given a chance to continue their romance after the Titanic sunk?

Delivering the same chemistry over ten years later, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet paired up again under director Sam Mendes' helm as a newly married couple who start their life together in the suburbs.

Based on Richard Yates' critically acclaimed novel, which was published in 1961, the movie can be seen as the flip side of the idealistic romance the two shared in "Titanic."

Telling the story of April Wheeler, an aspiring actress-turned housewife of Leondardo DiCaprio's character, Frank Wheeler, who's bored to death with his job in the city, "Revolutionary Road" is not focused much on the concept of marriage but the changes suffered by the couple in the suburbs.

The movie starts with a party where radiant April and cocky Frank meet and possibly fall in love, and then skips several years ahead when April and Frank are already married and she's starring in a small play, pale with worry over the viewers response to her performance. April starts sobbing backstage as her husband is trying to cheer her up but they end up fighting, which comes very natural to them. 

As the film progresses, April, who is revolutionary, striving for making changes and acting out her desires, is seemingly successful in convincing Frank, who is diametrically opposite from her, always playing safe and following paths opened by others, to move to Europe. Paris to be exact, where Frank always said it was the only place he wanted to return to. 

What is less obvious, but crucial for the development of the story, is April's passiveness to life. We see her pushing Frank to live a life he wants, but she ignores her own dreams and aspirations. Instead of dealing with her own disappointment, fear, uncertainty towards her dream, she averts her frustration by imposing her dream on Frank, making him believe it and actualize it. But of course, things spiral downward as they break the vows of marriage and engage in furious matches of yelling and reproaching.

Beautifully shot, artfully lit and uninvolving, "Revolutionary Road" may fall a little flat by the end as it doesn't quite offer closure.

Mendes managed to reproduce all the major aspects of the book, the locations, characters and scenes are all very much as described on paper. Nothing seemed portrayed out of order, no extra characters are introduced, and no primary characters are dropped or altered.

Once again Kate Winselt and Leonardo DiCaprio managed to pull the best out of each other in a movie which will certainly be mentioned a lot at the various end-of-year movie awards.

"Revolutionary Road"  is a DreamWorks release directed by Sam Mendes from a script by Justin Haythe based on a novel by Richard Yates. Running time: 115 minutes. Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity.