Been playing again...so.click or I'll put Bonfire toffee in your hair!! Am trying to catch up with e...
Been playing again...so.click or I'll put Bonfire toffee in your hair!! Am trying to catch up with everyone so bear with me!! Kez x
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"American Beauty" is a totally unforgettable movie. It rightfully won 5 Oscars and 6 Baftas, including Best Picture in each. I was not too enthusiastic about seeing it, but I was dragged kicking and screaming into the cinema; and they had to drag me kicking and screaming out of it because I wanted to stay and watch it again. I knew that I had to get it as soon as it came out on DVD because I loved it so much.
It tells the story of Lester Burnham, a fortysomething ad-exec played with panache by Kevin Spacey, his Ice Queen of a wife, Carolyn (Annette Benning) and his daughter, Jane. Lester goes through something of an awakening as to how his life has progressed and takes his life back into his own hands. The plot is hysterically funny, disturbingly dark and heartbreaking sad, and it is this shift in mood from one moment to the next that makes this film the masterpiece it is.
It is hard to write anything that does justice to this gorgeous piece of cinematic excellence (the carrier bag scene is oh so beautiful!)...so as I've said before and I'll no doubt say again, just watch it!
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Production Year: 2007 - Drama - Director: Mike Binder - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Mike Binder
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It was a great film, but I must be the only person in the world to think Kevin Spacey wasn't exactly stretching himself in the role! I didn't think Lester Burnham was much more than we've seen from Spacey before....Plissken
Howiemon 06.03.2001 00:08
Very true, it takes a special talent to make a carrier bag floating in the wind seem interesting, let alone captivating. Good review.
janehammill 03.03.2001 21:50
thanks for your op minxette , i agree this was a great film cheers jane
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journey through life in suburban America.Look closer at fortysomething ad man Lester Burnham and his status-seeking wife, Carolyn, as their marriage and lives slowly un...
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