Saturday, February 12, 2011

American Beauty (1999) - 3 stars

One Sentence Plot Summary: A midlife crisis in suburban America turns ugly.

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Chris Cooper, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, Ara Celi, John Cho

Best of: Spacey and Bening both create lovable, yet despicable characters. Chris Cooper, as always, is wonderful. Perfect score.

Worst of: A decade later, it doesn't stand up as well as I had hoped. The teenage performances and plot lines mostly fall flat.

Notable: "Lester Burnham," Spacey's character, in an anagram for "Humbert learns" - a reference to Lolita.

Also Nominated: The Sixth Sense

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