revolutionary road

this is a case of not judging a book by its cover. or rather, not judging a dvd by its name (or actors, or director)
this is not a film review; other than to say there is no revolutionary action going on in the film of this name.
however, one potential revolutionary wasn't tired last night, so rather than spending hours trying to get the non-sleepy toddler back to sleep we thought we'd try the traditional adult method of falling-asleep-in-front-of-a-film.
except, when it's your first film, your eyes are glued to the screen.
for c, it was all a bit confusing. normally he sees nannie via skype on the computer screen. who were these other people? he pointed to the screen and asked -nannie? no, calix, nannie's sleeping right now.
in one scene the actor turned to leave the room, c waved bye-bye.
another scene, there are four characters around a table. c says -hmmhmm, and sure enough, there are 2 china dogs sat on the shelf behind the main scene.
so it turns out, like his dad, he's not interested in kate winslet either!
it was a shame that for his first film we couldn't have managed something a little better.
(that's what happens when you send me to get the film!)
xx
mama b
(not one of the judges at cannes)