Don't let the 5 Oscars fool you!

Rating: 6/10 (16 April 2000)

The film American Beauty is set on morals that are low. I being a christian am offended by the content in the film and how it is presented. I can understand its purpose, though. A bag flying in the wind, and just wanting us to look closer at the beauty that surrounds us. I being a huge fan of the cinema am not a huge fan of the film American Beauty. The material in this movie makes it stand out, and I understand that some teenagers set low standards in their life, but does Hollywood itself have to pick this for the Best film of the year? The Cider House Rules is very artsy, and The Green Mile is spectacular. So are the Insider and The Sixth Sense, but of the 5 nominees the way the world is going we act like we have no choice but to pick the nastiest. This film is very poor, its entire topic is about sex and immorality, cheating on your spouse, and so many other problems that America has now days so why joke about it in the movies. We need to start caring about what the children need and need not to be exposed to. I think this film has some good qualities in acting but come on, used to it was not dignified to even talk about things like that. And, now, our entire aspect to be living is to see how naughty we look like. What today needs more of is honest hardworking people who have other business to take care of, Hollywood here me through you know although this isn't your real lives you don't have to act it out knowing that you are the ones who influence the American people. Please set higher standards when Jesus comes back to claim all of the good souls that worshiped him and obeyed his word, don't you want to be one of those? Please lets get on the ball and quit polluting our mind with garbage. Thankyou for your time. - P.F., High School Student