a disturbing comedy

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2002)

American Beauty deserves pretty much all the awards it garnered, especially the award for Kevin Spacey!
The film itself, for me, is disturbing yet in a weird way comical. Dark comedy, if you must. The cinematography is also terrific. It depicts the mood of the characters so well. All in all, this is a very good movie. With lessons learned too, to live life at the fullest, because the only time you might realize how important life is is when it's too late.
But the ending got me depressed. Sad, indeed. 8.5/10. 1 point deducted for the absolutely depressing ending...