Ameican Beauty

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2008)

Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) lived a pathetic life in a pathetic home with his pathetic wife Carolyn (Annette Bening) and daughter Jane (Thora Birch). His life suddenly began to change, however, when he met Angela Hayes (Mena Suvari), his daughter's friend. His outlook on life gradually improves throughout the Best Picture winning film, "American Beauty.".
The script is one of the best in cinema. The story is dark and dramatic, while the way it plays out is comical and heartfelt. The emotion the characters bring to the story is nothing short of amazing.
Like the plastic bag floating in the breeze, American Beauty moves along at its own pace, documenting the loose correlations of isolated events at key points in the time line about these characters. The result is a quirky but rich American original!