Really?

Rating: 1/10 (24 April 2014)

The only good things that can be said about American Beauty are that the actors, director, and cinematographer do all they can in order to make it seem like this is a good film.
The dialog is incredibly cheesy, the characters are all unlikable (Lester is a guy who quits his job and then gets a job at a fast food joint, I'll just leave it at that; His wife is a bitch and his daughter is in love with a psycho), and the film is ultimately a pretentious mess.
For all of you who think this is a masterpiece, I advise you, as the tag line does, to look closer (and also to check out Being John Malkovich, the actual best film of 1999).