Incredibly bland

Rating: Null/10 (15 April 2000)

This is a made for TV movie, that for some reason, tricked everyone into believing it was Citizen Kane. Is this movie the worst movie I have ever seen? No way. I once saw a home video of an elderly couple's vacation in Fresno, CA that was quite a bit worse. Although, that movie didn't have the incredible level of self-importance and total lack of originality that American beauty shows the viewer for 2 hours. This is a great movie for letting the average film viewer feel like they can appreciate art. My message to them is know what you're talking about before you recommend that I waste my afternoon staring at this waste of celluloid. Better films this year include almost all of them, but especially Eyes Wide Shut, The Insider, Election, The Sixth Sense, and The Limey. These films don't tackle the same subject matter as AB, but they actually accomplish what they set out to do in a way that isn't pretentious or repetitive.