Now Playing: Revolutionary Road

Number 3 on the Golden Globe list brings me to Revolutionary Road, starring the much-anticipated re-pairing of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Anyone expecting a Titanicesque reprisal may or may not be disappointed. Let's be clear - this isn't a romance. Well, it is a romance, but a realistic romance that quickly leaves behind any illusions of a happy ending. At one point: Frank says, desperately, "we can be happy. I can make you happy here." That's Frank's problem right there - Alice has never loved Frank... she has always loved what he could, one day, be. Therein lies the delusion of love at first sight.

Both Winslet and DiCaprio do an excellent job. Leo is all done growed up, leaving behind his BOP magazine/Growing Pains days with decisiveness. We saw inkling of this intensity during The Departed, but nothing like this. Winslet... what can I say about this lady? I mean, can anyone play disaffected suburban housewife quite like her? Sam Mendes, of American Beauty fame, is able to tease wonderfully nuanced performances out his two very talented leads.

But what's stopping RevRoad from being the best movie of the award-season? I'm unsure. It almost feels too empty. Like the hopelessness and emptiness are too deliberate. There also doesn't seem to be anything new to add to this conversation. I get it: not all women are cut out for the wife/motherhood thing; while they love their children, they may actually hate their lives and seek to escape at every turn. I just feel like we've done this thing before.

Is it worth watching? Absolutely. But unless you, too, are feeling a pressing need to feel informed for this Sunday, just rent it. In fact, I think watching it at home may even be more appropriate. 4 out of 5 stars.