American Beauty : Movie

Ranked #14,550 in Entertainment, #162,132 overall

A five-time Academy Award winner -- American Beauty is compelling with Kevin Spacey in the lead!

What an incredible movie American Beauty is! It is jam-packed with a lot going on ... just how I like my movies! In 2000 it won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. 

Amazingly acted by Kevin Spacey [one of my favorite actors], this drama, American Beauty, explores themes of romantic and paternal love, freedom, sexuality, beauty, self-liberation, existentialism, the search for happiness, and family against the backdrop of modern American suburbia.

If you haven't yet seen American Beauty, please take a moment to rent the movie!

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American Beauty : Movie was originally created on December 16, 2007.

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Why we love American Beauty

As I eluded to previously, I love this movie for all the themes that are jam-packed into this slice-of-life movie! On top of that, it features one of my favorite actors of all-time, the incomparable Kevin Spacey!

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It's another stellar performance by the ever-talented Kevin Spacey!

Wonderful reviews for American Beauty

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It is a wonderful psychological drama, a satire about the American community and about the American life; dark, painful irony and cynicism in the descriptions of life and characters; deep sarcasm on types of people in the community, habits of behaviour such as "...if you want to succeed, you always have to seem successful..." or "never stop smiling", parasites of the community, and, most importantly, the treatment of people who are "different", who are "freaky" to some extent; and eventually, there is no character in the film that is not odd in its way, although we have to wait for the very ending of the film, to discover this.

With very deep and accurate exaggeration, (most of) the characters in the movie demonstrate the worst, the darkest sides of their personality, while still remaining very human, very touching and very involving the observer. Everyone can find a certain similarity with characters and persons who he met in his life, in the characters described in the film. The tragi-comical events, the little pieces of funny, disturbing irony dripping from almost every episode, lead the observer to exploration of the American Beauty -- the beauty in life, and the way that we fail to find it, for all our life; the way we hide our feelings and emotions, even behind sullen walls of our sepulchre.

The acting is truly brilliant, the episodes are built logically, coherently, the dialogues are deep, thrilling, intriguing; every sentence and every word is deeply constructed, containing profound irony and intelligent elements of humors. The plot is very intelligently built, constructing a true indication of the sad situation of the American society, and an excellent ground for the actors.

The American Beauty Movie Poster is very cool 

A bit of a taste with the American Beauty trailer

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American Beauty is the BEST movie! Debate me.

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American Beauty is the best movie ever.

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American Beauty IS the best.

darciefrench says:

It's got it all. -:)

Wrong! It's the worst!

 
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Lester Burnham: I want to look good naked!

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Lester Burnham: Smile! You're at Mr. Smiley's.

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Lester Burnham: I feel like I've been in a coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up.

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Jane Burnham: I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek-boy who's gonna spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school.

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Angela Hayes: I was hoping you'd give me a bath. I'm very, very dirty.

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