A must-see

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2013)

I won't include any spoilers because I don't feel I need to within this review. The reason I personally adored the entire 'experience' of American Beauty was down to the sheer simplicity of it. From the soundtrack to the subtle narration to the unconvoluted plot. The themes within the movie were so basic yet so alien, they struck tender points within the way we view our own lives so profoundly that I was left dazed for several moments even after the film had finished.
It's one of those films where you don't feel the need to occupy yourself while watching it. It was as though the words were enough. I didn't touch my phone once and remained glued to the screen equally as strongly at the beginning as I was at the end. There's no massive fight scene or a tension build up, just a constant feeling of relation to the characters even though I myself had never been in the situations present. As always, Kevin Spacey provided an Oscar-winning performance which really made me fall in love with the entire moral of the story. The simple yet eloquent presentation of the ideas gave me certainty that this is a movie I could watch over and over again and still feel the same revelations I did the first time through.
Highly recommend it.