Beautiful Movie

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2000)

I watched this movie straight after the Oscars, just to see why this movie was such a white wash on the awards. Then I realised when I watched this movie. This movie gives such a good portrayl on Suburban life, and how the nuclear family can just sometimes be cracked and bruised. The acting from Kevin Spacey was absoultely brillant, as the supressed husband and father who wants to change completely while he hits the mid-life crisis. Annette Bening is pretty good, and should have won an oscar for her role as the wife , who is trying to keep her family as normal and successful as possible. Thora Birch and Mena Suravi play the stereotypical teenagers, but without so much cliches, unlike other movies. Thora plays an outsider in school, an angry and frustated teenager who believes that her family is interfering into her life. Mena on the other hand, plays a popular and sexy teenager who always brags about who she had sex with. There are so many good characters in this movie and it is woven with such a good story and brilliant acting, this movie deserves the oscars that it got