The best modern film in a very long time!

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2001)

When I saw American Beauty for the first time in the theatres I was literally blown away by such compelling story telling. The way in which a simple tale of lost family values and redemption was turned into a visual and conceptual masterpiece was beyond my comprehension. Never have I sat through a film so enriched with meaning and reality as I did with American Beauty. Sam Mendes, by far, gave the best directing for what probably shouldn't have been such a visually beautiful film. And Kevin Spacey gave the acting performance of his career most likely as the perverse and doomed Lester Burnham. I can truly say for this film, as I cannot with so many of the films today, that a jewel of cinema is forever embedded into the collection of the great films of all time. It is by far, the best film of the 90s, and deserves to be held amongst the greatest films ever. And just like the first time I saw it, I am still blown away by this great picture.