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American Beauty (1999)


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Monday, December 7, 2009


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Kevin Spacey (wringing every ounce of nasty hilarity out of his lines) stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged, middle-class suburbanite trapped in a loveless marriage and dead-end job. Lester’s ambitious realtor wife Carolyn (Annette Bening) and his sullen, contemptuous daughter Jane (Thora Birch) think he is a chronic loser. After Lester becomes infatuated with Jane’s friend Angela (Mena Suvari), a nubile, blonde cheerleader, he awakens to life’s possibilities. No longer willing to play the role of complacent husband and dutiful employee, he rebels with a vengeance. The freer Lester becomes, the happier he seems to be, but his adolescent rebirth only enrages his wife and embarrasses his daughter. It’s not until the film’s explosive end that Lester finally discovers what makes life meaningful and beautiful.

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