A film that touches everyone.

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2002)

This film touched me. It made me open my eyes and look at the world in a new way, it made me appreciate things that I had taken for granted, made me appreciate every day that I am alive, and made me appreciate my family. I'm not saying I was a sad pathetic guy in need of a morale boost. In fact I was a normal guy. Normal job, normal house, normal family. Its that kind of person that will appreciate this movie the most. the normal person. Because it will make you realise one very special and uplifting thing. You're not normal, you're special. Guess what? So is everyone else.
Everyone is different, everyone is unique, everyone has the potential to be the happiest or most depressed person they can be, and it is all up to that one person.
Kevin Spacey takes us on that journey through Lester Burnham. In this epic tale, we see him become that normal person into someone that realises that he is special, and if the world doesn't appreciate that, then screw it. Its a marvel to behold the transformation, and you cant help but be pulled in by the amazing script, intially off-putting but then embracing imagery and visual style and untilmately tragic ending. It is almost magic. Movies should do this to its audience. Movies are meant to be thrill rides that you use to waste 2 hours away. Its not meant to change the person.
This one did, because it knew it was special, and that can be a very powerful thing.