A classic, holds up

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2018)

American Beauty was commercially and critically successful and walked away with 5 richly deserved Oscars in 1999. This was a much talked about and hyped movie of that time and the film lives up to the expectations set at that time and holds up really well actually. The film is extremely well made with excellent cinematography, storytelling, direction and acting. The themes of dysfunction in suburbia are still relevant and American Beauty was an excellent social commentary/satire that is very engaging and well executed. The dialouge is clever and the film is equally effective with its more serious, tragic scenes as well as really funny in the more humorous ones. Say what you want about Kevin Spacey, but his skills as an actor can't be diminished. He is brilliant in this and this is one of the best films of its time. American Beauty is great, thought provoking entertainment that went long on characters and story. Everything the film did, it did very well. Flawless film in my opinion.