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An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting high with a strange new neighbor (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager--his daughter's best friend.… (more)
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American Beauty [1999 film] by Sam Mendes (Director) (1999)

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A middle-aged loser turns his life upside down.

It's interesting that this, Fight Club and Office Space all came out in the same year. What's with people in 1999 hating their jobs/lives? Back then Lester Burnham seemed like the ultimate middle-class hero, but now he seems like an irresponsible shmuck (but a lovable irresponsible shmuck who's fun to watch).

Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 3.6/4 ( )
  comfypants | Jan 28, 2016 |
Best Picture 2000
  petescisco | Feb 9, 2023 |
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
  DrLed | Nov 4, 2017 |
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  shelldvds | Jun 30, 2006 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Mendes, SamDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ball, AlanScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Bakula, ScottActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bening, AnnetteActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bentley, WesActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Birch, ThoraActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cooper, ChrisActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gallagher, PeterActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Janney, AllisonActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Newman, ThomasComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Robards, SamActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spacey, KevinActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Suvari, MenaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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An emotionally & spiritually comatose suburban man decides "to hell with it all" and reverts to living as he did when he was happiest--as a carefree teenager. His desperately uptight wife and sullen daughter can only look on as he quits his corporate job to become a burger flipper, starts getting high with a strange new neighbor (whose parents are even stranger) and lusts after a pouty blonde teenager--his daughter's best friend.

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