Entertaining and provoking - but not *that* good.

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2000)

When I entered my vote - 8/10 - American Beauty was listed as the third best movie of all time in the voting lists.
Yeah, right.
It's good - but not that good. It's funny - blisteringly so in parts. It's moving, it's provoking (it's embarrassing). There was some fine writing and brilliant acting, the direction was tight and inventive, the soundtrack was well selected and backed the vision well.
But the third best movie of all time?
We are quick to rise to the hype, these days, aren't we?