Routine can kill.

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2015)

At first glance the movie might seem to be just a plain teen movie about a stupid 40 year old guy, who is tired of his wife and just wants to get together with a young chick. Fortunately, that is nowhere near the truth and American Beauty comes off as one of the best movies to come out of Hollywood.
The movie just showcases how miserable marriage can sometimes be and what can possibly happen if you don't do anything about it, shows that routine can be one of the most damaging things of ones life. Clearly Lester wasn't living a happy life nor was his wife, Carolyn, but Carolyn didn't really want to change anything about it, because she only thought about succeeding at her job, until the very end, when she actually regretted cheating and not caring about her husband, Lester.
Ricky was an extremely interesting and deep character on his own, his life was definitely screwed up, his father was a war veteran, who couldn't really live a normal life and because of that his mother had gone completely mental as well.
All the stories just add up so well, into creating this great movie, the acting is exceptional, i especially enjoyed the performances of Kevin Spacey(Lester) and Wes Bentley(Ricky. Without a doubt a must watch movie, 10/10.