Amazing!

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 2000)

This was Alan Ball and Sam Mendes' first movie? They pull this off with everything plus. An all around wonderful movie with performances of a lifetime by the cast.
American Beauty really makes you realize the tortures and joys that this life has. You live with these characters while being completely submerged into every detail of their existence.
The critics of the movie as not being an accurate view of life is the furthest from the truth. This movie is what you make it. If you let it it will touch you, hurt you, and make you laugh as well. It is a complex movie with all sorts of plot twists and turns.
I recommend this movie to anyone. It is a great piece of film making. With just this one picture the men behind this already score as some of the best film makers of our time.