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Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2000)

American Beauty was an amazing film because it shows people how truely beautiful things in life can be. It also shows how looking closer can reveal so much to somebody(seen very well in the way Ricky zoomes in on things to catch subtle expressions and hidden feelings)

The visual aspects of the film were amazing. The one thing that disappointed me was the bag floating in the wind, a bag can be very pretty but this one wasn't, but it's the feeling behind it that matters.

The acting was astounding. everybody known from reading anything what a fantastic job Kevin and Annette did but I think the younger cast members were just as good. Thora's silent expressions remind me of Christina Ricci's fabulous performance in Buffalo '66. And Wes Bently's Ricky can pull your heart strings like none other, he send chills down my spine with lines like, "There's so much beauty in the world" and "Don't give up on me dad" Mena Suvari is probably the least talked about in the movie but she was amazing. She's this girl who can make herself look extreamly beautiful (Bathtub scene) or plane and Ugly (Carrie 2: the rage) which gives her an edge in playing a pretty girl who wants to be a model yet fears she is ordinary. Her every nuance is amazing.

The film can either make you feel something you'd never thought or, or something you forgot long ago, people who expierence this love the movie and love to tell how it effected them. Others didn't connect with the film and it is very sad because they hear how it moves people and are left cold and unmoved. Then they put down the film because they won't feel bitter, cold and left out it the people that loved it simply "overrated" the movie.

American beauty is well deserving of all it's Oscars and nominations. This is the first time in years I've loved the best picture move.