almost perfect

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2009)

Kevin Spacey won an Oscar for his performance in American Beauty, but in my opinion he shouldn't be the only one. Anette Bening was stunning in her role as a appearance and control freak. Wes Bentley and Mena Suvari ( yes American pie cheerleader ) should be at least nominated for best supporting actor and actress. This movie has beautiful acting and directing ( two things that i put the most attention to it ).
The story is about Lester ( K.Spacey ) a frustrated man who is in middle criss and who decides that he will change his life and be more spontaneous to have more courage and to be more rebellious. Carolyn ( A.Bening ) is a saleswoman and she is obsessed with appearance and fake image. The two have a daughter Jane ( T.Birch ) who is typical teenager who is insecure and rebellious. She has a beautiful friend outside but ugly on inside and her name is Angela. She is also a teenager.
SPOILERS: Lester decides to change his life when he meets Angela and a Ricky ( W.Bentley ). These two characters change his life because he falls in love in Angela and he starts to train because of her and also gets more courage to speak his mind to his wife and boss because of Ricky. Although marriage of Lester and Carolyn is in criss, he get's his libido back but his wife don't wanna have a sexual relationship with him. So he decides to flirt with Angela, but on the other hand Carolyn also has a lover. Jane then starts to hang more with Ricky and less with Angela so she becomes jealous and insecure because she is losing a friend who is underrated in compare to her. Angela gets her self-esteem in a way to put down other people. At the end Jane and Ricky become a couple and they decide to move to New York so they could get away from they parents. Ricky's father hates gay people because deeply inside he is confused about his sexual life so he beats and control his son. At the end Ricky's father kills Lester because he thinks that Lester has a asexual relationship with his son ( and my opinion is also because Lester refused his kiss on his first confession that he is gay ).
This movie has also a phenomenal score and screenplay. It is very entertaining movie with a lot of twists and unpredictable scenes. The best performance of Kevin Spacey ( although he get's close in Ussual Suspects and se7en ) and Annette Bening and of course Sam Mendez. It is almost perfect movie. The only thing is that is a little bit short ( i like epic movies ) and at the start of the movie is a too much regular.
Very recommended movie. 9/10