Well, I think it holds up

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2018)

It's always great to see a movie that won none other than Best Picture and I think this movie easily deserved it! This movie tells the story of a character played by Kevin Spacey named Lester who falls in love with a friend of his daughter's named Angela. There's an important subplot about a guy named Ricky next door who falls in love with the daughter. He is shown filming everything because he wants to see the beauty in the world. It's best represented when he has a video showing something as simple as a plastic bag drifting in the wind. Ricky's father, Colonel Fitts is an extreme homophobe.
For awhile, it seems like they're avoiding the whole plot about Angela and Lester. What's so great is that they really only make it important at the very end. What is it with Kevin Spacey movies and having the last part of them be the best and most important part? It seems as though Lester is going to sleep with Angela, but thank God he realizes that's immoral! What's great is seeing how Angela makes him decide to change his life and do whatever he wants. I'm glad I understand some pop culture references to this.
The movie ends with Lester being shot. His wife was seen with a handgun in a previous scene, so obviously she did it. It then turns out it was Colonel Fitts who earlier was actually revealed to be gay himself as he almost kissed Lester. Supposedly, he killed him to cover up the fact that was gay himself. The part where Fitts thinks his son his gay is probably the best and most intense part of the movie! The music is amazing and I love how it ends by saying you can still see beauty in everything. ****