American Beauty (1999)

American Beauty: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley. A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter’s best friend.

“I have come to see the movie with a certain prejudice. Everyone saying that it was so wonderful, so touching, so excited — I usually tend to go with movies that nobody likes. Nevertheless, this one was a certain exception.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt 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 u0026quot;…if you want to succeed, you always have to seem successful…u0026quot; or u0026quot;never stop smilingu0026quot;, parasites of the community, and, most importantly, the treatment of people who are u0026quot;differentu0026quot;, who are u0026quot;freakyu0026quot; 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAn amazing movie, strongly recommended. 10/10”