A wonderful movie that should be watched by everyone.

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2000)

American Beauty on the outside a dark comedy about life as a normal family in the sub-burbs. On the inside this film is about one man who changes his life to help himself really live again. But as he does this the rest of his family is turned upside down. Kevin Spacey gives an Oscar worthy performance as a middle aged man who is sick of his life, he quits his job, and got a new one at a burger place. Doing all of this as he is having fantasies about one of his daughters friends.
Annette Bening playing a mother/obsessed house realtor is wonderful in this movie. She delivers one of the best performances of her life. Bening portrayed the mother with such talent and acting ability, she was so anal and uptight and her husband had that changed throughout the movie. The Best of the year maybe even the decade. SEE THIS MOVIE!!!