On reflection, testifying to the inner reality

Rating: 9/10 (29 February 2008)

What was interesting to me is how many of my family and some friends found the characters I especially likedLester, Ricky, and Jane to be degenerate or at least lacking in social graces. The most common objection was to the older man Lester Burnham lusting after the teenage girl, as if that kind of desire, urge, or longing is by itself proof of depravity of this man and, maybe, all men: "No way is Lester Burnham a good guy. No sympathy. Case closed, and how could anyone possibly like the movie?!"
Or if your critic is a fan of drug prohibition, then he or she is going to see Ricky Fits' unapologetic use and sale of the demon weed (he only uses G-13, the federal government-developed strain, going for "$2000 an ounce").
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Brian Wright Copyright 2008