Great film

Rating: 10/10 (25 October 1999)

I am extremely impressed with "American Beauty". My fiance and I finally got a chance to see it, since it took forever to get to our little town, and we both thought it was terrific. What a great film. Everyone in it acted well, the details were perfect, and it didn't wrap up with some cheesy happy ending like so many midlife crisis films do.
We live near the area code displayed on the real estate signs, and were wondering if they had purposely picked that area code (847). (This is the code for the north Chicago suburbs.)
Special commendation for Kevin Spacey for his performance. I believed that he -was- Lester in every minute he was on film. I never felt that he was acting. He definitely should be nominated for an Oscar, at minimum.
There's nothing worse than being ordinary...