Kevin Spacey carries it home & to heaven...

Rating: 10/10 (29 October 2006)

This is a truly great sitting... Kevin Spacey is a great actor (& also a great comedian, who does some incredible impersonations, if you didn't know), a great philanthropist(sp?), ie-Triggerstreet.com and I would bet a genuinely cool and very creative guy...an actor's - actor, so to speak, who can really BE the character he is playing, while still being the great actor - Kevin Spacey...The entire cast is very well chosen for this movie, everyone is extremely well suited for their prospective parts, but Kevin Spacey is just a pleasure to watch (and listen to his narration) in American Beauty...I won't attempt to go over any of the storyline or even any of the 'whatsitabout'... Instead, I'll let you in on a lil' something...This gem... (although extremely well received and honored w/ nominations & awards), no, this gem of a movie is one that you can claim for yourself and it could be your very own cult classic, as this is one of those movies that should have become a nationwide, culture-wide and generation-less cult-classic immediately...However, because it's soo smart, it may not have had the chance...and now, unless you catch it on a Sunday afternoon TV movie filler, you may overlook it on the Blockbuster shelf (when all the new releases are already checked-out & you're milling through the decent movies of the last decade)...Instead, grab it like a 100 dollar bill blowin' in the wind...And especially if you've never seen it, oh man, then you're in for a treat and a half. It's one of those movies that is such a pleasure to watch ('to experience', is a better description) that if you have seen it you wish you could catch a case of temporary amnesia so you could watch it for the first time, uh...again. Seriously, if you've never seen this one, then by all means, get your best movie hunny-bunny and really make it a night, get the popcorn, the goobers, drinks, (everything you'll need) together, because you won't wanna' miss a moment of this great flick's quality or Spacey's commentary & performance...It's a very artful (without being artsy), well shot, well art directed, giant slice of someone's (and in a way, everyone's) life. I only wish that Hollywood or anywood would bring together such a solid story, quality movie-making talent combined with perfectly acted-acting a bit more often...It's the kindov' movie that leaves you changed slightly in the way you think about time, life and the relationships we love, hate and feel indifferent about...Yep, for a time afterwards, you'll feel (and probably be) just a bit different - after American Beauty...Who knows, it may end up being your very own, personal (& smart) cult-classic...