What? Did I see the same movie?

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2000)

I just can't understand the rave reviews so many people have given. Spacey's acting I liked. The self-made kid drug dealer character had depth. But this movie seemed to me a movie that should have been an airplane-like absurd comedy except for its dose of exaggerated reality formed from the worst america has to offer. As a result, somehow this movie becomes 'fine cinema', and according to the academy, the best artistic creation of the year. Please.
Yeah, there was symbolic imagery. But geez it was all over the place, obvious and shallow. Oh boy, there's a vase with roses. Hey, her dress has a rose print to it. Didn't she prune rose bushes? Oh my gosh, the front door is red. They might've well subtitled these scenes in flashing letters saying 'imagery relating to roses ahoy, which could mean passion and love'.
To me, a great movie brings out the best in us and/or makes us think. This movie celebrates the destruction of the family and glamorizes kids that sell drugs.