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* ActorAllusion: Considering the [[Film/Titanic1997 leads of the film]], there's loads of it.
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* ActorAllusion: Considering the [[Film/Titanic1997 leads leading couple of the film]], there's loads of it.
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* TheFifties: The story is set in that decade.
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* TheFifties: The story is set in that decade.decade, with all that it entails about {{Suburbia}}.
* ActorAllusion: Considering the [[Film/Titanic1997 leads of the film]], there's loads of it.
** Frank and April exclaim about "the look on their faces!", exactly the same as Jack and Rose.
** Both movies feature their characters making love in unconventional places.
** UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} is a recurring idea; just as Jack has been.
* ActorAllusion: Considering the [[Film/Titanic1997 leads of the film]], there's loads of it.
** Frank and April exclaim about "the look on their faces!", exactly the same as Jack and Rose.
** Both movies feature their characters making love in unconventional places.
** UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} is a recurring idea; just as Jack has been.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: John's assessment of Frank and April is absolutely withering and borderline sadistic but also absolutely correct.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: John's assessment of Frank and April is absolutely withering and borderline sadistic but also absolutely correct.devastatingly accurate.
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* ModestyBedsheet: Maureen, the secretary at Knox Machines, whom Frank had an affair with is seen lying on bed naked the morning after she and Frank had sex. [[HandOrObjectUnderwear Her breasts were briefly seen before she quickly covered them with the bedsheet]].
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* JerkassHasAPoint: John's assessment of Frank and April is absolutely withering and borderline sadistic but also absolutely correct.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the novel, Frank finds most women too easy to read and manipulate, and used to long for a woman who was truly intelligent, sophisticated, and independent. He was initially drawn to April for this reason, but in the long run he finds his inability to manipulate and control her very frustrating, and it's a huge driving force their AwfulWeddedLife and DomesticAbuse.
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* HidingBehindReligion: The book makes it clear that Frank didn't want to keep the baby either both times April became [[SurprisePregnancy unexpectedly pregnant]], but forcing her to keep the child gave him a feeling of masculine power and control over her, so he used the "GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion" argument to guilt and shame her into keeping it.
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* HidingBehindReligion: The book novel makes it clear that Frank didn't want to keep the baby either both times April became [[SurprisePregnancy unexpectedly pregnant]], Frank didn't want to keep the child either, but forcing her to keep the child gave him a feeling of masculine power and control over her, so he used the "GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion" argument to guilt and shame her into keeping it.submission, as well as to avoid admitting his own ControlFreak tendencies.
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* HouseHusband: Shep and his wife privately decry the Wheelers' plan for Frank to be this when the couple moves to Europe.
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* HouseHusband: Shep and his wife privately decry the Wheelers' plan for Frank to be this when the couple moves to Europe. In the novel, Frank's secret fear and shame of becoming this is part of why he sabotages April's attempt to move them out.
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* LoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Subverted. In the book, Frank is too good at reading and manipulating women, and used to want a woman who was intelligent, sophisticated, and independent. He got that with April, only to be frustrated after they've been married for years that he can't manipulate or guilt-trip her into doing what he wants. Prime example being when he confesses his affair to Maureen to try to provoke a reaction from April, only for her to be unbothered, only for him to try to shame her by accusing her of being cold and unfeeling.
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* LoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Subverted. In the book, Frank is too good at reading and manipulating women, and used to want a woman who was intelligent, sophisticated, and independent. He got that with April, only to be frustrated after they've been married for years that he can't manipulate or guilt-trip her into doing what he wants. Prime example being when he confesses his affair to Maureen to try to provoke a reaction from April, only for her to be unbothered, only for him to try to shame her by accusing her of being cold and unfeeling.
* IronicName: The street the Wheelers live on is called Revolutionary Road, implying an overhaul of an old social order in favor of a new one, but it's really a place of stifling conformity.
* IronicName: The street the Wheelers live on is called Revolutionary Road, implying an overhaul of an old social order in favor of a new one, but it's really a place of stifling conformity.
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* SurprisePregnancy: April and Frank's life is derailed every time she becomes unexpectedly pregnant. In college, it derailed their bright futures
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: John Givings. He's seen as insane by most of the neighborhood and has been in and out of mental hospitals, but this is mostly because he's the only character willing to say exactly what he's thinking and feeling, and calls most people out on their hypocrisy. He's also pretty upfront about his violence and temper, while the more "sane" and respectable Frank and Shep hit and scream at their wives behind closed doors.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Inverted. Getting pregnant at this time makes Frank's and April's already strained marriage even worse, [[spoiler:and eventually pushes April over the DespairEventHorizon.]]
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Inverted. April's SurprisePregnancy while they were dating locked them into an AwfulWeddedLife. Getting pregnant at this time makes Frank's and April's already strained marriage even worse, [[spoiler:and eventually pushes April over the DespairEventHorizon.]]]]
* ControlFreak: Frank, though he won't admit it. In the book, he would lament that he wanted an intelligent, sophisticated, and independent woman, and he got that in April. When she got pregnant unexpectedly and it derailed their bright future, Frank pressured her to keep the baby (even though he didn't want it either) because it gave him a sense of power and control over her.
* ControlFreak: Frank, though he won't admit it. In the book, he would lament that he wanted an intelligent, sophisticated, and independent woman, and he got that in April. When she got pregnant unexpectedly and it derailed their bright future, Frank pressured her to keep the baby (even though he didn't want it either) because it gave him a sense of power and control over her.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Frank partially relies on this so April won't abort his child.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Frank partially relies on this so April won't abort his child. Deconstructed in the book, which explicitly states that neither of them wanted to keep the baby both times April gained a SurprisePregnancy, but Frank pressured her both times because it secretly gave him a rush of power and control over her, and he used the moralizing argument as a cover. John calls him out on it both the book and the film, and in both April caving in to to Frank's pressure kickstarts their AwfulWeddedLife the first time and her [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon and being DrivenToSuicide]] the second time.
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* HidingBehindReligion: The book makes it clear that Frank didn't want to keep the baby either both times April became [[SurprisePregnancy unexpectedly pregnant]], but forcing her to keep the child gave him a feeling of masculine power and control over her, so he used the "GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion" argument to guilt and shame her into keeping it.
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* LoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Subverted. In the book, Frank is too good at reading and manipulating women, and used to want a woman who was intelligent, sophisticated, and independent. He got that with April, only to be frustrated after they've been married for years that he can't manipulate or guilt-trip her into doing what he wants. Prime example being when he confesses his affair to Maureen to try to provoke a reaction from April, only for her to be unbothered, only for him to try to shame her by accusing her of being cold and unfeeling.
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* ThePlace: Revolutionary Road is the name of the street the Wheelers live in.
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->'''April Wheeler:''' ''You don't! Because you've never tried at anything. And if you don't try at anything you can't fail.''
->'''Frank Wheeler:''' ''What the hell do you mean I don't try? I support you, don't I? I pay for this house. I work ten hours a day at a job I can't stand.''
->'''April Wheeler:''' ''You don't have to.''
->'''Frank Wheeler:''' ''Bullshit! I'm not happy about it. But I have the backbone not to run away from my responsibilities!''
->'''April Wheeler:''' ''It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank.''
->'''Frank Wheeler:''' ''What the hell do you mean I don't try? I support you, don't I? I pay for this house. I work ten hours a day at a job I can't stand.''
->'''April Wheeler:''' ''You don't have to.''
->'''Frank Wheeler:''' ''Bullshit! I'm not happy about it. But I have the backbone not to run away from my responsibilities!''
->'''April Wheeler:''' ''It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank.''
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->'''April Wheeler:''' ''You You don't! Because you've never tried at anything. And if you don't try at anything you can't fail.''
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->'''Frank Wheeler:'''''What What the hell do you mean I don't try? I support you, don't I? I pay for this house. I work ten hours a day at a job I can't stand.''
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->'''Frank Wheeler:'''''Bullshit! Bullshit! I'm not happy about it. But I have the backbone not to run away from my responsibilities!''
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->'''April Wheeler:'''''It It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank.''
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* HappyMarriageCharade: The Wheelers in a nutshell. They're deeply unhappy together, but can't split up.
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* HappyMarriageCharade: The Wheelers in a nutshell. They're deeply unhappy together, but can't split up.
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This is the plot of the novel ''Revolutionary Road'', which was written by Richard Yates, and published in 1961. In 2008, Creator/SamMendes directed a film version which starred his then-wife, Creator/KateWinslet, and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
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This is the plot of the novel ''Revolutionary Road'', which was written by Richard Yates, and published in 1961. In 2008, Creator/SamMendes directed a film version which starred his then-wife, Creator/KateWinslet, and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio (yes, the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' couple themselves).
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Years later, Frank Wheeler is an office drone and April is a housewife who tends to their two kids. They hate every minute of it. Things change when April suggests moving to Paris and start their existence anew. Their neighbors wonder why the hell they aren't happy with their lives. But then, Frank decides to take a promotion at work and starts to woo his secretary. April gets pregnant again. Let's just say things go downhill from here.
This is the plot of the novel ''Revolutionary Road'', which was written by Richard Yates, set in 1955, and published in 1961. In 2008, Creator/SamMendes directed a film version which starred his then-wife, Creator/KateWinslet, and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
This is the plot of the novel ''Revolutionary Road'', which was written by Richard Yates, set in 1955, and published in 1961. In 2008, Creator/SamMendes directed a film version which starred his then-wife, Creator/KateWinslet, and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
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Years later, in TheFifties, Frank Wheeler is an office drone and April is a housewife who tends to their two kids. They hate every minute of it. Things change when April suggests moving to Paris and start their existence anew. Their neighbors wonder why the hell they aren't happy with their lives. But then, Frank decides to take a promotion at work and starts to woo his secretary. April gets pregnant again. Let's just say things go downhill from here.
This is the plot of the novel ''Revolutionary Road'', which was written by Richard Yates,set in 1955, and published in 1961. In 2008, Creator/SamMendes directed a film version which starred his then-wife, Creator/KateWinslet, and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio.
This is the plot of the novel ''Revolutionary Road'', which was written by Richard Yates,
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* TheFiftiesTheFifties: The story is set in that decade.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Frank has an affair with a secretary (who's in a relationship of her own) and April has a brief fling with Shep. Later, Frank explicitly invokes his affair just to get a reaction out of April. It doesn't work. She knows he's confessing it not out of nobility, but control.
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* HeelRealization: Shep seems to have this after April's death, appearing to recommit to his own marriage.
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* HeelRealization: Shep seems to have this after [[spoiler: April's death, death]], appearing to recommit to his own marriage.
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* StepfordSmiler: Mrs. Givings and Milly, and their husbands to a lesser extent.
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* StepfordSmiler: Mrs. Givings and Milly, Millie, and their husbands to a lesser extent.
