Illustration of the pathetic American way of life

Rating: 2/10 (10 November 1999)

The whole plot of the movie is told in the first 10 minutes, so don't expect surprises through the rest of it. It shows the typical american family - unhappy couple, teenagers with an absurd "view of life", and drugs, affairs and homosexuality as "common and normal" things. I mean, if this is the average family, what kind of society are we living in?
On the upside, Kevin Spacey (extremely funny) and the photography. Annette Benning was much better in "Regarding Henry".
If this is really the #2 movie (surpassed only by The Godfather), then I don't know what to think of the film industry (or the people that watches the movie and votes for it).