A Film For All Seasons

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2000)

American Beauty is one of the few films to have come along in quite some time that I honestly consider to be a Thinking Persons film. It would be difficult for me to believe that any man who has achieved a certain age in his life,that was not moved, disturbed, deeply touched by the plight of the "happily" married family man actually exits. The fact that the action takes place in American suburbia in an upper middleclass neighbourhood of private homes all of which appear to be owned and inhabited by White people is not particularly relevant in my opinion. From Miracle Mile, to Skid Row, the encroaching sense of ennui felt by the main character as played by Kevin Spacey is a state that almost any man I have ever met has experienced to one degree or another.
The performances were magnificent. Kudos to ALL involved.