American Beauty (1999)

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Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham (Spacey) decides to make a few changes in his rut of a life, changes that are less midlife crisis than adolescence reborn. The freer he gets, the happier he gets, which is even more maddening to his wife, Carolyn (Bening), and daughter Jane (Birch) --especially when he turns his lustful gaze toward Jane's friend, the sultry Angela (Suvari). (Dreamworks SKG)

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Genres: Romance, Drama

Country: USA

Directed By: Sam Mendes

Written By: Alan Ball

Starring: Sam Robards, Chris Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Peter Gallagher, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Barry Del Sherman

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I remember not liking this movie.
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American Beauty is a chilling and poignant view into seemingly perfect suburbia. Every performance here is pitch perfect and the film balances its cast of broken characters well, without diverting into melodramatic territory.
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An acerbic, darkly comic critique of how social conventions can lead people into false, sterile and emotionally stunted lives, "American Beauty" is a real American original. Todd McCarthy Variety
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It has taken me years and several tries to make it all the way through the movie but you know what I finally did it and it wasn't that bad. It was better than I remember it being from the previous attempts but not nearly as good as many make it out to be. These three Chris Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening are great everyone else was decent.
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