Starring: Kevin Spacey, Sam Roberts, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper
Director: Sam Mendes
Studio: DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 117 mins Certificate: 18 2000
Brief description of American Beauty
AMERICAN BEAUTY is the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a suburban father who loses control when he becomes fed up with his repetitive life. Burnham tells us in voice-over from the film's opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach), this adds an inevitable tension to events and keeps the story flowing forward at all times. Lester quits his job on a whim and regresses into young adulthood, lifting weights, smoking pot, and discovering the innocent sexuality of his 16-year-old daughter's best friend, Angela (Mena Suvari). His wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening), has her own midlife crisis. A real estate agent, she experiences a youthful awakening when super-agent Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher) seduces her repeatedly. Meanwhile, Jane (Thora Birch), the Burnhams' daughter, is spied on by Ricky (Wes Bentley), the mysterious boy next door who carries a video camera around with him at all times. When Ricky's father, Colonel Fitts (Chris Cooper), discovers something potentially horrifying on one of his tapes, and when Carolyn's rage for Lester's actions boils over, the time bomb finally explodes..
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