A Beautiful American film.

Rating: 10/10 (26 February 2000)

Very common name.. "American Beauty".. it's like.. not original at all, but still, it fits perfectly as the title of this wonderful film.
The actors. Kevin Spacey is absolutely great, we all know that. All of his movies are good (most of them), and he should win an Oscar in my opinion. Nobody could possibly played a better performance for that character than him.
All Annette Bening movies are good (except The Siege), and she showed us how great she can be in this movie.
The quiet boy who likes to film everything... This was the most weird character. It was a fantastic selection to pick him. His eyebrows makes him look so serious, and he is so disturbingly calm.. He did one hell of a job.
American Beauty is one of the most realistic films of it's era, and it will be remembered for a long time. This movie isn't just about a story that *COULD* be true, but maybe it never happened. This movie was not based on a true story, but it did represented facts that happen in real life.
All those family problems can be real, and we all know that in this same moment, as I'm writing this (or you are reading this) there are people with the same kind of problems.
I really liked the way the movie focus on every character's way of thinking and sadness. All those people in there were miserable. Even the girl who thought she was something more than the rest of the people realized that she was nobody, and started crying.
The good thing is, some of the characters find a way to become happy and forget about their sad and miserable lives. Spacey's daughter finds the "filming" boy and they seem to be really comfortable together. Spacey quits his job but is still making money, and at the end before dying, his last words were "I'm great", which means, he didn't deserve to die.
It's such a tragic way to die, he was looking at his family picture, and thinking about all the good things, of course. His wife was realizing that she was not a victim and she was on her way to talk to him.
I really liked the way Spacey handles the fact that he found his wife with the "King". And they surely did have a good time together.
This movie shocked me, a lot. I can't stop thinking about it.
One of the things that makes you feel the movie inside you, and really feel that it's getting into you, is the background music. Yes, the background music played all the time was amazing. The people in charge of that department did a great job.
The movie's ending wasn't very nice. I wasn't expecting something like that. I wanted everybody to be happy.
This movie might have a message for the people who see it, it depends on how they interpret it.
I'll personally think it's telling us to enjoy all things in life. Don't waste time. Spacey himself said he felt like he was coming out of a coma, where he was for 20 years.
I'll rate this movie with a 10 out of 10. It's great.
And remember, the only day that can be called "The first day of the rest of your life" is the day you die.