Review of American Beauty (1999) by Patrickd — 30 Nov 2006
This film along with Chicago and Crash are some of the most overrated pictures of the last 10 years to win best picture. At heart, American Beauty is a failed satire. It takes rote cliches like the father with a midlife crisis to the amateur film maker to the gay retired soldier and does nothing about them.
You have potential to skewer the American nuclear family and the suburban ennui, but instead we get a hackneyed plot. Notable mostly for Annette Benning's performance, this movie is pedestrian and worth watching if you like WASPs trying to emote.
This review of American Beauty (1999) was written by Patrickd on 30 Nov 2006.
American Beauty has generally received very positive reviews.
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