A Truly Amazing Film, One of my All time Favorites

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2004)

"American Beauty" is the best film of 1999. That's a pretty strong statement considering "Fight Club" and "Magnolia" came out the same year and those are in my top 5 as well. I'm going to go even farther then that and say American Beauty is the best film of the 90's. It's funny, sad, and has so many memorable lines I can't even list them all. Now that that's been said....
The movie focuses around Lester Burnham, whose played brilliantly by Kevin Spacey. To quote Lester, "Both my wife and daughter think I'm this gigantic loser, and they're right". Well, Lester decides to do something about that, and turns his life around.
As of now, this is my favorite movie and has been for awhile now. I don't typically agree with the Academy Awards but all the Oscars American Beauty got in 1999 were well deserved. If i could recommend one movie it would definitely be this. But don't listen to me, see it for yourself.