American slice of life

Rating: Null/10 (24 September 1999)

American Beauty is the kind of movie that adults go to see. Anyone under the age of 20 is going to have a difficult time relating to what Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening go through as a married couple. I would almost rate this as a 'slice of life' kind of movie.
What lack in so many of today's movies are movies that have meaning, and Hollywood is so caught up in the explosions and trucks overturning... Makes you feel like staying at home and watching "The Dukes of Hazard". But this movie has content; this movie has issues that any adult who has lived their life and been out in the workforce has thought about. Aren't there more times than we care to admit, where we would rather do it all over again.

Kevin Spacey's character decides too, and Annette Bening is dealing with life crises of her own. As for Thora Birch (as seen in `American Pie'), she plays a typical teenager trying to find an identity and meaning as she enters the world of adulthood. This is a great movie to watch because so much is happening.