A Truly BEAUTY-ful AMERICAN film

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2000)

From its opening flying shot to the last line of "..don't worry, someday you will" American Beauty kept me on the edge of my seat for 2 hours. Kevin Spacey gives a brilliant performance and leads and all-star cast (including Thora Birch (who really blossomed since Hocus Pocus) and a phenomenal break-through performance by Wes Bently as the mysterious Ricky Fitts). This truly is the best picture of the year (and definitely one of the top 10 of the decade) I went and saw it 3 times in one week during its February re-release and loved every second of it all three times I saw itÂ…If this doesn't win all 8 Oscars it's nominated for then the academy has overlooked the Hollywood gem of the year.