I see a trend here

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2000)

I watched American Beauty for the second time today. I saw it at the theater when it first came out, and I am still impressed by its brilliance. I see a trend in the recent comments here. A good part of the recent comments are very negative and are obviously from people who are seeing the film for the first time on rental. People who rent tend to be demographically older than those who see films in theaters. Looking at the film's voting demographic tells a lot. What I see is a bunch of whiny baby boomers who cannot get a film that so brilliantly turns a mirror on their pathetic, greed driven, phony lives. Their generation has never accomplished a thing; they did not save the world as their parents, the WWII generation did; they did not create the digital revolution as their children have done. They have no legacy. This film points it out and the truth hurts.