American Beauty (Movie Review)

Nominated for eight Academy Awards and won five, including Best Picture, American Beauty is one of the best films of all time. Exploring the depths of the American dream - a good job, a nice house, the perfect marriage, etc. - the film is dripping with symbolism and satire. A study of social dysfunction film, American Beauty affect a wide range of emotions of his audience, and that makes you laugh too. This is a great movie, and although some people will move away from it, everyone should see American Beauty at least once so they can form their own opinion ...

Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a resident of suburban middle-aged apparently lives the American dream. He and his wife Carolyn (Annette Bening), a nice house, a beautiful daughter Jane (Thora Birch), and a successful career. But things are not always as they seem. In fact, Burnham is the definition of dysfunctional. They fight for everything on the table shouting ridiculous things like vegetables. Carolyn is involved in an affair with rival realtors Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher), and Lester is suffering from a progressive depression / midlife crisis.

Meanwhile, Jane is developing a fascination with the strange boy who recently moved next door, Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentley) - a drug dealer / director homespun with a homophobic father Marines, Frank. When the source of homophobia bubbles to the surface of Frank, we learn that - like that of Chicago - most of the neighbors is to live a life different from that shown on the outside ...

Kevin Spacey follows up his amazing performances in The Usual Suspects and LAConfidencial with his Academy Award for best actor in this film. Some of the funniest scenes in American Beauty Lester Burnham involving depression and midlife crisis crisis. Spacey's way out of their work is absolutely hilarious, and smoking weed, weightlifting regimen in an effort to get pumped and impress her daughter's friend is a classic. But Spacey's performance is not alone. His brilliant role is complemented by Annette Bening's Oscar-caliber transformation into Lester's dog, fierce real estate broker wife, Carolyn Burnham. Together, the two can stage a fight on the screen like no other fake married couple in film history, and is a pleasure to watch.

American Beauty is enhanced by the role of Chris Cooper as the homophobic neighbor Burnham (October Sky, The Patriot, Seabiscuit) and Mena Suvari's role as the high school girl Angela Hayes speaking, the object of the desires of Lester ( Kiss the Girls, American Pie). American Beauty is a film full of talent on stage, which benefits from strong leadership, a well-designed script, and excellent dialogue. Chances are, whether you love or hate it. However, regardless of its final decision, American Beauty, invoke passion one way or another. That's why this film ranks as a must ...