American Beauty

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Jack F I mean, like the audience score suggests, I liked the movie as well. I also understand why it's so controversial in todays times. It's a good one to watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/17/25 Full Review Tate B Film is an engrossing observation of a regular man becoming free. Slowly, several stories of the family members combine into the last night of Lester’s life, which all seem equally fitting and meaningful at their end. Some of the effects are outdated, but are only used as artistic flourishes. Annette Bening and Steve Lacy really knock it out of the park with their roles. The girls do okay. Scenes are equally powerful being funny, uncomfortable, suspenseful, and sexy… except for the fact that it’s a couple teenage girls. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/14/25 Full Review Maksim S American Beauty is a cinematic masterstroke—witty, devastating, and profoundly insightful. Sam Mendes and Alan Ball dissect suburban malaise, desire, and the illusions we live by with surgical precision, while Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening deliver performances of rare depth. Fifty minutes in, every frame feels charged with meaning; two hours later, you’re left both unsettled and awed. Simply put, it’s one of the greatest films ever made—timeless, intelligent, and unflinchingly honest. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/25 Full Review Luke R I literally regret watching this. All the characters are psychotic. And Lester was a perverted Jerk face, it’s a very depressing movie. Don’t recommend it. I prefer The Matrix. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/25 Full Review Doug A It's hard to call this underrated when it won Best Picture, but I think it kind of is. What a masterpiece. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/25 Full Review Tyler G I know this movie was and is "a thing" in the cultural zeitgeist, but seeing it for the first time 25 years after it came out, it just didn't hit like that for me. The kids speak unlike any teenager I have ever heard. It is like an adult man wrote the script and has completely forgotten or never experienced what friends at that age act like. Maybe it was a victim of my high expectations because of how critics talk about this movie, but I thought it was very, very good, but not an all-timer. It is very original. I cannot say I have ever watched another movie quite like that. It was very funny at times, but every single character is deeply cynical to their core. Maybe this captured a late 90's moment, apparently it did, but this isn't for me. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/11/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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