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- 🎭Drama
Release
1999-09-15
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Original language
English
Runtime
2 hour 2 minutes
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt0169547/
Cast
- Kevin SpaceyLester Burnham
- Annette BeningCarolyn Burnham
- Thora BirchJane Burnham
Overview
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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Roger Ebert
"He does reckless and foolish things in this movie, but he doesn't deceive himself; he knows he's running wild--and chooses to, burning up the future years of an empty lifetime for a few flashes of freedom."
rogerebert.com/reviews/american-beauty-1999
EW.com
In the hands of a true filmmaker, 'American Beauty' invites viewers to share in its sense of entrancement, offering a kinky tragicomedy set in a suburb that feels both dreamlike and suffocating.
ew.com/article/1999/09/17/movie-review-american-beauty/
Decent Films
American Beauty wants to tell us how Lester lived before he died: how this unhappy man was suddenly one day awakened from the paralysis of loneliness, ennui, and despair and galvanized into unexpected action.
decentfilms.com/reviews/americanbeauty
variety.com
Multilayered, bracingly resourceful and tweaked to push its many brash ideas to the edge and beyond, this independent-minded feature represents a stunning card of introduction for two cinematic freshmen, screenwriter Alan Ball and director Sam Mendes.
variety.com/1999/film/reviews/american-beauty-1117752118/#!
Reelviews Movie Reviews
In a year that boasts few truly memorable motion pictures, Mendes can stake a claim alongside the likes of Kubrick and Egoyan as one whose cinematic vision both challenges and entertains.
reelviews.net/reelviews/american-beauty
NY Times
"Spacey's way of wringing every bit of nasty hilarity out of a line is itself worth the price of admission."
archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/091599beauty-film-review.html
Rotten Tomatoes
Fed up with his boring, stagnant existence, he quits his job and decides to reinvent himself.
rottentomatoes.com/m/american_beauty
Rotten Tomatoes
With its clever and thought-provoking exploration of middle-class life, American Beauty continues to ignite conversations and debates.
rottentomatoes.com/m/american_beauty/reviews
