Suburbian Hell

Rating: 8/10 (7 February 2001)

Lester Burnham is sick of his job, can't communicate with his daughter, is having marital difficulties, and is starting to take up smoking pot. Not really your happy go lucky film. Basically we just see how his life slowly unravels, his wife sleeping with her business rival, and her daughter's pot smoking boyfriend and her superficial " Hi, I'm Barbie " best friend. I found parts of the film to remind me of Sunset Boulevard and there is the obvious references to Lolita. Still the acting is top notch, but the film did get a bit too much over rating from the media. Rating 8 out of 10.