Lester Burnham, played by Kevin Spacey, is a father and husband in his late 30's to early 40's.

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2010)

Lester Burnham, played by Kevin Spacey, is a father and husband in his late 30's to early 40's. He has the perfect wife, child, house, and car living in Suburbia, USA; or so it appears. His wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening), is overly obsessed with her job, success, and money, and his daughter, Jane (Thora Birch), is the typical teenage girl going through changes that she does not particularly like. The film begins with voice-over narration from Lester, who is dead. Lester seems to have everything anyone could need, but a closer look reveals the problems that are hidden under the "picture perfect" life he appears to have. Lester is missing something he cannot figure out and is more and more unhappy with the passing days. Then, one night, unwillingly, he goes to a basketball game to watch his daughter perform a dance at halftime and gets lost in her friend, Angela (Mena Suvari), who he becomes obsessed with. Once meeting her, he seems to find a lost spark and lets loose into his midlife crisis.
I believe the main theme to this film is obsession and passion. We may think a person's passion is an obsession and vice versa. This is apparent throughout the film in different characters. Lester becomes obsessed with Angela; so much so, anything she says he does. For example when she is telling Jane if he worked out he would be hot. So, Lester begins to work out, smoke pot, and let his inner teenager come out to impress Angela.