Great Movie

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 2007)

This is an excellent movie because it shows the dark side of modern upper-middle class suburbia. I believe one of the most important themes in this movie is the fact that the characters, especially Annette Bening's character, try to maintain "an image of success" at all costs. However, by doing so it leads her to a life of unhappiness. I like this theme because I know many people who act and think just like this. Also, I like Kevin Spacey's character because over the course of the movie he becomes more and more free. That is, instead of him doing what everybody wants him to do, he just does whatever he wants. For instance, he decides that he is not going to listen to his cheating wife anymore, that he is going to smoke weed, and by himself the car of his dreams. It is only after this that he becomes truly happy.