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Production Year: 1999 - Drama - Director: Sam Mendes - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Alison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Scott Bakula, Sam Roberts more

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AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale, repetitive existence. Burnham lets us know...
more...in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), a technique that adds an inevitable tension to the proceedings and keeps the story moving forward at all times. On a whim, Lester quits his job and begins a regression into young adulthood, lifting weights, smoking pot, doing nothing, and discovering the overflowing sexuality of his 16-year-old daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). His wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening), has her own midlife crisis of sorts. A real estate agent, she experiences a youthful awakening when super-agent Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher) seduces her repeatedly. Meanwhile, Jane (Thora Birch), the Burnhams' daughter, is pursued by Ricky (Wes Bentley), the mysterious boy next door who carries a video camera around with him at all times. When Ricky's militaristic father, Colonel Fitts (Chris Cooper), discovers something potentially horrifying on one of his tapes, and when Carolyn's rage for Lester's actions boils over, the time bomb finally explodes.





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Review of American Beauty (DVD) by Alan_Percival

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I rented out this film tonight and as I watched I wondered how it won so many awards.wait I can understand why, it is because Mena Suvari and Thora Birch got their tops of for a minute. I think Kevin Spacey deserved his ocsar but the rest of the film wasn't really that inpressive. Purhapse it is just not my type of film or genre but I didn't find it that good. I hope that Sam Mendes was lucky that this film became a big hit maybe it did because woman ... Read review

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05.08.2000
Hillarious, great, the best movie i have ever seen
Review of American Beauty (DVD) by kareo

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Help me to find more expressions to say who I enjoyed this film. There is no better film out there. The movie's topic is the always the same and repeating life of two families in a suburban area. On one side there are the Burnhams: Lester, a looser, his wife Carolyne, a hyperorganized woman, and their daughter, who Lester describes as every teenager "angry, uncertain, introverted..". They get new neighbours, the Phitts, Colonel Phitts, his somehow ... Read review

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07.06.2000
A beautiful debut
Review of American Beauty (DVD) by Kate

Advantages: Visually beautiful
Disadvantages: Art shots become tedious

American Beauty is a haunting, beautiful film, and a wonderful directorial debut from Sam Mendes. The study o fone middle-aged man's descent into breakdown and point of self-discovery is understated and sensitive. By way of contrast, the portrayal of his wife as a social-climbing, shrieking monster is unconvincing and, frnakly, two-dimensional. However, in the middle of it all, Mena Suvari looks fragile and beautiful, and the other central characters ... Read review

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07.06.2000
How life really is!
Review of American Beauty (DVD) by strawberry19

Advantages: Makes you think!
Disadvantages: Not for the young!

Watching this movie is a little like seeing life at its worse, but most honest. It is a movie that tells how one can be perceived, but not really be. Sort of like your next door neighbors, we see them one way, how they present themselves to us, but do we REALLY know them! Upon seeing this movie, you can truly understand why it won so many awards! I would recommend this movie for all adult viewers. It is definitely not a movie to be watched by anyone ... Read review

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18.06.2000
Hilarious American Small Town Drama
Review of American Beauty (DVD) by josephine

Advantages: Great entertainment
Disadvantages: None

This has to be one of the best films this year! Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening portray a couple in a midlife crisis - a story that ends in disaster. Alan Ball wrote a fabulous script and literally tailored the character of Lester Burnham for Spacey. Hilarious moments are guaranteed when Lester takes a liking to Mena Suvari, the best friend of his daughter. The whole film is a masterpiece, juggling between a laughing and a crying eye throughout and ... Read review

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31.05.2000
Not a good movie to watch!
Review of American Beauty (DVD) by pehchiong

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: potrays the immoral activities of american family

...moral decaying of the typical American family. But I dont think American family is like that. I rate this movie poor, although the acting was good but the storyline was not appropriate to watch. ... Read review

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27.07.2000
A Modern Classic
Review of American Beauty (DVD) by sdunthorne

Advantages: Classic film with tons of extras
Disadvantages: The cut scenes mentioned aren't included!

The Film: A modern classic, you chould already have seen this on the big screen. If you haven't the DVD is a complete package that provides the full widescreen release and plenty of background and making of information. The journey of Kevin Spacey's character to self knowledge, respect and - as we're told in the first seconds of the film - death. Funny, dark and worthy of repeat viewings. The DVD: Not only the film, but also a complete directors ... Read review

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09.01.2001
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