American Beauty(1999)- User Reviews

The title "American Beauty" comes not from any character, but from the roses which periodically appear throughout the movie. In fact, the slogan for this film when it was released in theaters was "Look closer." The message conveyed …more»

If you want a movie that makes you really "think" and feel, this one is for you. This is my favorite movie I have ever seen in my 28 years of life.more»

This is stage director Sam Mendes's first feature film, and it is a very good one. It helps that the screenplay by Alan Ball is satirical and witty, and the cast, led by a magnificent Kevin Spacey and a cold Annette Bening, is uniformly excellent.
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but this film truly is. i recently re-watched the DVD (the fact that i own it and re-watched it should give you an idea of how i feel about the film) the other day, and i remain blown away at the exquisite genius of this film. the odd thing is...it's …more»

Once again Spacey does a great job, but the movie just isn't as great as it is made out to be, it has moments, but in the end, to me it just comes off as a messmore»

The acting was magnificent and the theme that Lexer Burningham delivered was spectacular. It is probably one of the best movies in the previous 10 years. The only flaw was when I didn't see Wes Bently (the teenage boy next door) nominated for best …more»

Kevin Spacey used to be play a character on the old CBS series "Wiseguy." I never watched the show, but I caught a rerun once in which he was so furious at somebody that he actually threatened to 'eat his children.' If that's not …more»

Why I say that this film "has it". Its simple. The cinematography, acting, and the screenplay for this film are all top-notch. I think that Sam Mendes has done the best with this film, he went downhill with Jarhead. I recommend this film to …more»

Very Good Film. I need to watch it. Please send this movie to my mail box. I will recommand to my friends. Overall grade is A.more»

Somehow, everyone in the country loved this movie but me. The movie and all of its characters had no redeeming qualities at all. It's too bad they all didn't get handled the same way in the end.

This was one of those message movies that some …more»