What does everybody see in this movie?

Rating: 1/10 (5 April 2000)

I went to see 'American Beauty' with high expectations. Everybody seemed to like this picture. I did not like this movie at all. There is some good acting, but what's this movie doing on number 2 of the IMDb top 250. Almost as good as 'the Godfather'? No way! Better than 'the Shawshank Redemption'? Get out of here! 'American Beauty' made me laugh a few times, but mostly it made me feel depressed. Maybe too many subjects that are dealt with in this movie are old news for people in my country. Being a homosexual, smoking marijuana, no problem where I live. I hope there are some more people that did not like American Beauty. Please leave a message here! Keep watching good movies, there's a lot of good ones out there!