One of the Best Films of the Decade

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 1999)

American Beauty represents, lets say the darker side of 'Leave it To Beaver' what you didn't see in the family house. The film is a modern american classic and the best films of the year, and one of the best films of the decade. The film pulls every emotion you can think of out of you, and for that it should be applauded.
Kevin Spacey gives the performance of his career and so does Benning. Even newcomer We Bentley pulled off a great performance and shines throughout the whole film. He deserves an Oscar nod
The Cinematograpy and the Direction are beautiful, they make the movie scream with light and darkness. Beauty and Hatred, it is the most beautiful film I have seen this year. You get pumped up by the amount of color they use and you just stare at the screen in disbelief of how stimulating the film is.
The film is beautiful, and stimulating and puts every thought to mind, you end up discussing the film throughout the whole day with the people you saw it with, yet you all disagree with what the film is truly about. Never have I seen such a display of intelectual controversy surrounding a film, you al l end up liking the film but for all different reasons.
In conclusion the film deserves every amount of buzz it gets and the critics are right when they compare it to such american classics as 'Ordinary People' and 'One Flew Over The Cukoo's Nest'. This film I reccomend to everyone and I hope it gets as much sucsess at the Box Office as its gotten from critics.