Excellent. Beautiful script.

Rating: Null/10 (28 June 2000)

Godd so see intelligence and depth returning to cinema ("Phantom Menace", anyone?). Kevin Spacey is a truly incredible talent. The entire cast just fit together so perfectly - best performances for my money, apart from Spacey, were Wes Bently and Alison Janney as his mother. Beautiful, beautiful script. My only problem with the film is that I feel that, although it is brilliant and the themes and issues it deals with are timeless, is that this film might date somewhat as years go by. But we'll wait and see. A film that came out the same year and adressed similar issues but in an entirely different way was Paul Thomas Anderson's truly mindblowing "Magnolia". Personally, that is a film that virtually jumped off the screen and touched my heart so much. I will say though that "American Beauty " is indeed a classic film. It will be interesting to see how time treats it.