So that's why it got so many nominations!

Rating: 9/10 (5 January 2003)

I always wondered why this movie was so popular, but I was never a fan of Kevin Spacey, but I am now!
Summary: Lester works for a magazine publishing house, he lives with his wife Carolyn, a real estate agent, who feels like a loser because Buddy King (Or Kane I can't remember), another real estate agent is better than she is. Their teenage daughter Jane is...well...a 16 year old teenager, who hates her parents, because they argue all the time. Next door to them, a new family moves in. The father, Colonel Fitts, a marine nazi fanatic with homophobia, his deranged wife Barbara and their 18 year old son Ricky, a peeping tom, who films everything he can with his video camera. At a highschool basketball match, Lester sees the cheerleader slash so-called friend of Jane's called Angela and he steps into midlife-crisis mode, has a teenage crush on Angela and starts working out just to impress her. Everything around Lester seems to be falling apart when he quits his job, his wife starts having an affair and his teenage daughter gets involved with the drug dealer slash peeping tom Ricky. All Lester seems to care about is Angela and his body.....
A hilarious movie with lots of quick sarcastic remarks from everyone. Kevin Spacey was truly excellent in this movie, I didn't like him in the movie Seven, but this movie is definitely a turn around from that movie.
I rate this 9/10. It's really worth watching!