A remote-control car made me laugh. A gun-shot made me cry. And a plastic bag showed me just how unquantifiably beautiful the universe still is despite us doing our level best to mess is up.

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2000)

Just when I thought I couldn't love Kevin Spacey any more than I already do along comes Lester Burnham a character Spacey was born to play.Indescribable is the word many have used when reviewing this movie. And indescribable is its best description. A movie for your soul. A remote-control car made me laugh. A gun-shot made me cry. And a plastic bag showed me just how unquantifiably beautiful the Universe still is despite us doing our level best to mess is up. The WOW factor for me was that real life in 1999 is so easily painted in what appears to be cartoon form. If you step back from that cartoon, its characters lives with their mixture of the funny, the confused, the sad, and the good and bad, it reveals itself as a mirror of reality. Reality nailed with unnerving ease. Unnerving on one hand but refreshing on another. To see that many of our own personal problems could be solved so easily by ourselves if only we got of our asses and did something about them. Hollywood's version of an Anthony Robbins infomercial? Lester grows like we all would like to. Carolyn loosens up in the best way possible. Jane finds understanding. And Ricky Fitts is our new hero. Where did they get this Wes Bentley from. Finally, for this 'Gen X'er, someone to fill the void left by River Phoenix. Go see this movie. One of the best movies I've ever seen.