This one just kinda happened, but if it did, please count me in for the next big happening, because this one is a first-class winner. Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an early 40s burnout who, by his own admission, is spending life in a walking coma. He tolerates his job, only to the point of showing up. Lester's life is lukewarm tar, and he's neck deep in it. But, then, things start happening.
New neighbors move in next door.
He doesn't know Ricky has a pretty good business selling high-grade pot. Ricky is a philosophical young man who also has a hobby of videotaping virtually everything around him. And he learns how to smile again. It's a beautiful movie, but it ain't pretty, not by a long shot. On the surface, this movie is as bitter as persimmon wine, and it pulls no punches in making it very clear that everyone in this movie is miserable, despite whatever surface they decide to show.