Easily one of the best movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2010)

Confronting, bitter-sweet but nevertheless hilarious, that about sums it up. Lester's midlife crisis gets more painful by the minute, but he is in fact one of the most wonderful anti-heroes I've ever seen. He's the typical guy that can't catch a break, which makes it incredibly fulfilling to me when he actually manages to tell some people of. He's always wished things would have turned out better for him, but they didn't so he works out and buys a sports car. But in the end, he can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of his stupid little life. If that's not beautiful, I really don't know what is. The side characters are all so well-written, so fitting. I particularly like the actress playing Ricky's mom, a character that's just kinda waiting until she can finally die. The climax of the movie featuring Ricky's dad is also a great example of a thorough character study. Not to mention that it's just really funny in a weird way. I could go on and on, but I probably wouldn't end up saying anything no one else has said before. Incredible movie.