Kevin Spacey

Annette Bening

Thora Birch

Wes Bentley

Mena Suvari

Peter Gallagher

Allison Janney

Chris Cooper

Scott Bakula

Sam Robards

Barry Del Sherman

Ara Celi

John Cho

Fort Atkinson

Sue Casey

Kent Faulcon

Brenda Wehle

Lisa Cloud

Alison Faulk

Krista Goodsitt

Lily Houtkin

Carolina Lancaster

Mona Leah

Chekesha Van Putten

Emily Zachary

Nancy Anderson

Reshma Gajjar

Stephanie Rizzo

Heather Joy Sher

Chelsea Hertford

Amber Smith

Joel McCrary

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Dennis Anderson

Matthew Kimbrough

Erin Cathryn Strubbe

Bruce Cohen

Elaine Corral Kendall

James Hunter

Spencer Kayden

Tom Miller

Christopher Greenbury

Debra Zane

David Lazan

Sam Mendes

Dan Jinks

Julie Weiss

Conrad L. Hall

Thomas Newman

Tariq Anwar

Mike Higelmire

Chris Edmonds

Maria DeVane

Suzan Wexler

Robin Richesson

Alan Ball

Stan Wlodkowski

Kim Mozingo

Lisa Penaranda

Michael Casey

Dana Brunetti

Hope Slepak

Scott Martin Gershin

Patricia DeHaney

Tracey Wadmore-Smith

Joe Ondrejko

Jonathan F. Styrlund

Molly Click

Cat Smith

Deborah Ricketts

John C. Hartigan

Naomi Shohan

Rob Hodgson

Janet Yale

Jan K. Bergstrom

David Goldberg

Huston Beaumont

Alan Rankin

Carol A. O'Connell

Tania McComas

Chris Douridas

Thomas Pasatieri

Marcy Grace Froehlich

Gerald A. King

Aaron Pazanti

Geoffrey Haley

Paula Abdul

Alix Hester

Clyde E. Bryan

Joanie Diener

Jeffrey Wilhoit

Ana Maria Quintana

Cydney Cornell

Julie Hewett

Lorey Sebastian

Bill Bernstein

Bryan Bowen

Bob Beemer

Larry Madaras

Kanani Wolf

Scott Millan

Cristen Carr Strubbe

Phil Culotta

Pete Townshend

Tony Adler

Lisa Dennis

Ben Scott

Nicole Kidman

Jackie Gonneau

Ross Dunkerley

Rosemary C. Cremona

David Linck

Ralph Merzbach

Olivier Sarda

Jeff Couch

Holiday Freeman

Janet Lonsdale

Paula Bonhomme

Christine Bonnem

Lynda Reiss

Carl Fischer

Chris Samp

Richard Van Dyke

Jim Turner

Mike Piccirillo

Kevin Du Toit

Matt Magnolia

Trevor Jolly

Pia Mehr

René González

Randy Lovelady

Dennis S. Sands

John Cassella

A. Welch Lambeth

Andrea Dopaso

Dana Kroeger

Ian Kay

Rob Garlow

Jeffrey Skinner

Drama

American Beauty

DreamWorks Pictures

Jinks/Cohen Company

United States of America

English

The film American Beauty to me is a film about purpose. What is your purpose in life? The film teaches that there is such great beauty in the small things in life and that sometimes you need to take a step back to allow yourself to take in the unfiltered beauty in the small things like a plastic bag dancing in the wind, playing with the leaves. The film tells it's audience that the beauty in the small details is much greater than society's typical image of beauty. The prominent rose in the film is a symbol of false, surface beauty; the expensive and romantic flower is amongst almost every single shot in the film reminding us that we need to look beyond the surface beauty of an entity and see the beauty within. This message surrounding beauty is empathised with the inclusion of the rose on the films poster and the tagline, 'look closer' indicating that to see real beauty one must 'look closer', a task that typically requires more thoughtfulness and less immediate facial value judgements that make up the typical image of beauty.

I first saw this film in my teen years. I didn't understand the plot of the movie back then but found the erotic scenes interesting. I think I was also impressed by Lesters change in attitude back then. 
Rewatching it in my early thirties the movie really catches me. The story of every character is catching, because everyone is struggling with different ordinary problems, some of them probably known by every adult. 

* Lester is fighting with his midlifecrisis and wants to break the devils-wheel of his boring everyday life. He also hates his job and the responsibility he has to carry because of it. 
* His wife Annette is frustrated by her job, because she isn't as successful as she wants to be. To bring more joy in her life she starts an affair with another (more successful) real estate salesman.
* Their daughter Jane has a lack of self-confidence. She wants to be more like her more attention-getting friend Angela. 
* The neighbor Colonel Frank is militant, conservative and wants to give his values to his son. As he thinks his son is gay, he thinks it is his failure because of himself feeling attracted by men.
* The neighbors son Ricky is a survivor. He tries to mimic to be a good son to his dad to stay out of trouble with him. Because he wants the newest technology (TVs, Camcorders, etc.) he is dealing with drugs.
* Angela lies that she is sleeping with a lot of boys just to feel more self-confident when her friends geht jealous. She wants to become a model and tries to avoid to be ordinary in any way.

Andre Gonzales

It was a ok movie. I didn't like Kevin Spacey creeping on a young teenager, but other then that it was a good movie.

American Beauty

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