holy overrated, batman!!

Rating: 1/10 (30 April 2001)

American Beauty is the most overrated, over-long, and over-tiresome piece of cinema i've ever been subjected to. first we're subjected to a plot and a main character that mimmicks Fight Club (easily one of the best and freshest movies of the 1990s) but without all the thought provokation that made the middle class audience American Beauty is aimed at feel uncomfortable. Then we realize how cliche and and completely amateur the writing is. Then, for the grand finale, it's the most pointless and least satisfying ending ever filmed.
American Beauty stands out as a shining example of everything that's wrong with modern filmmaking. There is not an ounce of creativity or inspiration demonstrated on the part of anyone involved, and that includes good ol' Kevin Spacey. It is, quite simply, cinema as commerce marketed and promoted to a group of people who think they're real cinema enthusiasts because they rent at least two new releases per weekend.
Support good cinema. Say NO to American Beauty.