American Beauty, Pot solves all.

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2000)

This movie is one of the greatest I have ever seen, The characters are developed beautifully, and each line of dialogue, action, and even soundtrack has a significant meaning. Not since Kubrick's films has a film been crafted to the smallest details as this one. The tiny details, like the placed vase of roses, or the mother clutching the nazi plate after her family's facade is torn apart, made this film beauty itself. I also liked the hidden philosophy of "marijuana = enlightenment". It is obvious that the characters that have "figured it out" about life did so after hearty doses of pot. In fact, many of the most important lines of dialogue are spoken by characters when they are smoking. As with Angela and Jane in their car smoking pot, Angela points out "everything in life that is meant to happen does" and "There's nothing worse than being ordinary" major themes in this movie.