It makes you remember what life is about

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2006)

American Beauty isn't just about beauty - always to be found when not expected. It's about life as a whole. So many people trying to live their lives, pretending to be happy, losing track what it really is all about: not social status, not I-can-have-every-guy-I-want-attitudes but REAL beauty, beauty that is all around us, waiting to be recognised. It's such a wonderful thing to make that beauty appear in a flowing plastic bag. Sitting there watching Ricky and Jane watch the videotape, I felt like I was remembering something I had forgotten a long, long time ago in my hurried, full-of-pretending life, andI couldn't help crying because I felt like I could see it all now, see again what life really is about. I don't know if a movie can really change your way of life, but this one makes you feel like it while watching and afterwards. It's just so full of truth, life, beauty, of course, and people in their very personal struggles to find some happiness, some beauty in their own lives. A must-see for everyone who wants to remember, wants to feel it all again!