Not the usual fayre for a Best Picture

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2003)

It's quite possible that this film has totally changed peoples attitude to life. This film is about	rebelling from a conventional lifestyle. The film follows a year in the life of Lester Burnham in which he	is reborn and eventually dies. Although the families portrayed are dysfunctional these are all people we	know. Bearing in mind the imagined and eventually real liaisons between Lester and Angela it is a bit	surprising the film got an academy award. The direction from Sam Mendes is on the mark, but you can't help	but wonder if he will become another Oscar Welles.