A True Beauty

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2000)

Look closer... Yesterday I saw a beautiful film which moved me so much I've never tried it before. This movie is about each individuals transformation and evolution. First I thought the movie would focus on the beautiful Angela Hayes and how Lester Burnham would fall totally in love with her and her body, and then I thought the movie would focus on the shy neighbor (played by Wes Bentley)trying to impress Jane Burnham, who was beautifully played by Thora Birch. Then I found this movie focused on almost every single character's relationship with each other, all of them being stereotypes. And that's also what I love about this movie. It gives a true impression of how American families are. You have the rebellious teenage daughter, the hot chick who brags about all the guys she's slept with and who everyone falls for, the mother who thinks the world's only about her and "treats her daughter like an employee and husband like he's invisible", the neighbor 18 year old boy who's obsessed with the neighbor daughter, he can see the beautiful in everything; his father, a pompous, overproud (?) Colonel of the United States Marine Corps who beats his son and doesn't care about the dimwitted wife (well, he does a little...not much), and last but not least there's Lester Burnham. Kevin Spacey is just an incredible actor. The way he talks, moves, and breathes, I am glad he won an Oscar. This movie is funny and depressing at the same time. This movie is well worth 5 Oscars and certainly ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER MADE. Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world...I feel like I can't take it...