Never has a movie touched me as much as this one

Rating: Null/10 (18 February 2001)

American Beauty definately got the credit it deserved, and for just cause. People who don't like this movie must be simple and narrowminded, because Lester is a character that everyone can identify with.
Kevin Spacey was perfect for this role, and he reprised it with much feeling. This is the kind of movie that you have to be smart to watch, and it gives me just so much inspiration and warmth inside.
Everyone in the movie you can somehow identify with, like Lester trying to recapture his innocence of youth, Carolyn and her willing to strive for excellence, Jane and how we are always trying to change something about ourselves that is not exactly necessary or even needed, Angela, and out wanting to be perfect and socially accepted, Colonel Fitts, who wants order and discipline in life, and Ricky, who is confident and supportive, realizing there is so much beauty in life that people just cannot understand. Directing was excellent, and so was Ricky's speech about the bag, Lester's speech at the end, and everything else. If every movie was like this, then the movie industry would go out of business, giving away much deserved oscars left and right.