Plot
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Cast
as Lester Burnham
as Carolyn Burnham
as Jane Burnham
as Ricky Fitts
as Angela Hayes
as Buddy Kane
as Barbara Fitts
as Colonel Fitts
as Jim Olmeyer
as Jim Berkley
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Reviews
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 …
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 k…
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.