Beautifully filmed breakout from suburban hell

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2000)

This film damns, but at the same time redeems, the idea of spending a youth in suburban America. Beauty really is everywhere, if you choose it to be, even in the drab, square, bare-tree-lined streets of suburbia. A must-see for all American suburbanites.
Incidentally, if you loved this movie, you'll also love John Irving's book "The World According to Garp."