The Next Generation's All-American Dad

Rating: 4/10 (27 February 2006)

I watched this movie with the net result of not being completely sure what the message of this film is, or how I'm supposed to feel about Spacey's character. He finds his happiness; that's great, but at the expense of losing his wife, daughter, and finally, his own life.
One has to wonder whether the audience is expected to admire a man who calls his wife and daughter a bitch, and, rather than attempting to fix the mess that has engulfed his family, instead gives up all responsibility and goes on a selfish quest filled with cars, drugs, fast food, and extramarital sex with a teenage girl, and all in the name of "freedom".
"Look closer?" How about "look at the bigger picture", Lester Burnham? Grow up, deal with your problems, and try to restore your family like a man instead of running away and leading the life you never had as a teenager.