A teenager's point of view....

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2002)

If you were asked to guess what a typical teenager's favourite film was, I doubt very much you would say' American Beauty', after all it has no fart jokes or young guys trying to loose their virginity in it. No,'American Beauty' is very much far away from stereotypical 'teen flicks' such as 'American Pie' or 'Scary Movie', yet, somehow, after watching this beautiful film - I fell in love with it and now it is my favourite and I've lost count of how many times I've sat and watched it. Every thing in this movie is how it should be, from the opening music credits to the actors to the costumes and set and those beautiful red roses - an image which is used through out the film, the colour symbolic of love, passion, death and danger. After seeing this film, Kevin Spacey has soared up my favourite actors chart and now ranks number one, I can't imagine anyone else playing Lester as brilliantly as he did.
If you haven't seen this film, you're either stupid or insane because this film is one of a kind.