Lesson of Beauty

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2000)

What is beauty? Surely, few people are able to answer to this question, but watching "AMERICAN BEAUTY" it is easy to know what beauty is, what is its meaning. I have never, NEVER, left a movie feeling so sure of how beautiful is the world we live in, till I've seen this masterpiece. Some people, who did not see the movie, asked me my opinion about it, and the only thing I was able to tell them was "Nothing I can tell you about "American Beauty" can be compared with such a beautiful poetry this movie carry in it. Kevin takes place as one of the most important actors of cinema history, and every, EVERY single character has a special beauty in this movie. Benning is brilliant and there's no one who can substitute any of the actors in scene. Director SAM MENDEZ made a great job, the cinematography is fantastic, wonderful editing, that proves that is possible to make classics without using more than 2 hours of projection. The only thing that's not perfect in AMERICAN BEAUTY is its characters, because they are real. This movie is real, so real that you will leave the theater with the great sensation of feeling that beauty can be found just by your side and everything you must do to appreciate it is... look closer.