Think your family is crazy? The folks next door are even weirder.

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 1999)

With a stunning directorial debut by the Theatre's rising directorial star Sam Mendes and sensational performances by Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening and newcomer Mena Suvari is the best film of the year so far. Alan Ball's amusing screenplay is funny, scary and refreshingly intelligent. I don't think I'm wrong when I say that it's the most impressive directorial debut since Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.