Open your eyes to life

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2003)

`American Beauty': probably the best title to this funny, complex and reflection-inducing film. My first thought when watching the movie was: `O.K. that's going to be funny'. But as the story was unfolding I realized how much this film can make you reflect about life.
The complete change of the daily routine can make us realize how our lives can become a fake. It shows how used we can get to our ordinary lives, becoming nothing but open-eyed dreamers. It also reminds us that losers (like Lester in the beginnig) can become even bigger losers, as It shows Lester plotting to sleep with his daughter's best friend.
However, the end of the film is what makes us think more. Lester only found out the beauty which lies in the simplicity of life just few moments before his death. This tough end gives us an opportunity to think and not to commit the same mistake Lester did: to find beauty too late.