Revolutionary Road

I just returned home from seeing this fabulous movie. Fabulous doesn't touch the surface. It was perfection. Inarguably, the best movie I have seen in years. I would even go so far as to say Sam Mendes is a fucking genius and surpassed the brilliance of his American Beauty- one of my all-time favorite movies. However, I am much puzzled by the extreme response I have had to seeing it. Now crying during or after a movie is no shocker to me; it happens all the time. I cried a few weeks ago at the end of Titanic after seeing it for the umpteenth time; I cry halfway through "Little House on the Prairie" episodes because I know what's coming; I am a crier! No doubt about it.

My issue is the amount of crying and the lapse of time which has passed without my having truly composed myself. I am still tearing up as I write this. It was a sad movie- no doubt about that. However, I don't think it's any sadder than, let's say, Million Dollar Baby, Juno, or The Prince of Tides, all of which brought me to tears by the ending. I seriously lost it during one scene in the movie and again at the end. I thought I had myself composed enough to leave the theatre. I was wrong. Walking towards the exit, I felt the water works coming and ran out the door to my car. I cried, no bawled, the entire drive home (a good 25 minute drive). The hubby called on the drive and I could scarcely pull myself together enough to talk to him. I had to brave a store to pick up dog food knowing I looked like hell. Now, here I am typing this an hour later, and I am not yet myself. This movie knocked me like a ton of bricks!

Okay, so I get that having had some marriage issues over the years that this movie is meaningful to me on many levels. I also get that the baby issues (I won't give anything away) are poignant to me having a child and one on the way. All that makes sense to me. However, I am still baffled by the extraordinarily over the top reaction I am having to the movie. This is so not me at all...

Anyone out there who has seen the movie, I am open for thoughts and suggestions. Or anyone out there who has ever had a seemingly strange reaction to a movie, I'd love to hear about that as well.