a good movie that makes you think about your life

Rating: Null/10 (1 October 1999)

i liked american beauty. it had great performances all around. spacey's performance was the best,and my favorite character in the movie. my second favorite character was bentley's character ricky. the soundtrack is really good,i enjoyed those 70's rock songs in it. a lot of the scenes are in your face. the movie is about a 42 year-old man named lester who pretty much hates his life. he hates his wife,and doesn't spend much time with his unhappy daughter jane either. jane doesn't like herself. next door a family just moved in. the father is a mean ex-marine,his wife is a depressing human being,his son is a dope-dealer who also video tapes just about everything he sees. lester gets turned on by his daughter's best friend angela,who is a hottie. he has fantasies about angela. lester's wife carolyn is obsessed with her real-estate job,and likes a fellow real-estate agent who calls himself the king, they later sleep together. lester has a wake-up call when he finds out his daughter's best friend thinks he's cute. lester starts working out,smoking pot with the next door kid ricky. lester also buys a new car,he quits his job,and blackmails his boss. he gets a new job flipping burgers at a fast food joint. lester's daughter jane begins to know a little more about the next door kid ricky,and starts to like him. i won't give too much away just go see it. it's an unpredictable movie. the ending is both very sad,and depressing. it's a movie i wanna see again. it makes you think about life,and what you have around you. it's a movie that i think can grow on me,and make me like it even more than i already do. it's all in all a memorable movie. i give american beauty *** out of ****