An excellent drama performed by outstanding actors

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2000)

I´ve got three letters to print: WOW.
This is perhaps the best film I´ve ever seen. It got three Oscars for best Male Performance (Kevin Spacey), Best Director (Sam Mendes) and foremost: Best Film. It deserved every single one, maybe even more (Annette Benning for example was also great).
The story is told by Lester, a man, grown sick and tired of his life. We get to meet his family: wife and daughter and some other odd characters. Lester falls in love with his daughter´s good-looking lady-friend (the girl from Amercian Pie) and decides to throw his ordinary life aside, quit his job to start at some burger-joint and go for what he wants most: a mind of his own and freedom.
The film is a very serious and sometimes dark approach to the problems of a family (not only Lester´s) but it´s also hysterical and sometimes very, very funny. It´s about love, getting old, setting limits and finding your way back to life.
It´s very well made, and the actors does do performances worth several Oscars.
I saw the tagline. "look closer" it said. And I did. But I didn´t find a single flaw. This is no less than a 10/10. Go see it! NOW!