Saturday, June 29, 2024

AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999)






















Directed by: Sam Mendes
Screenplay by: Alan Ball
Starring: Kevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora BirchWes BentleyMena SuvariChris CooperAllison JanneyPeter GallagherScott BakulaSam Robards

122 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, sexual situations, brief violence, nudity, drug use)

PLOT:
It takes courage to openly admit that you have failed in almost every aspect of your life; and that's exactly what the unhappy advertiser and self-declared loser, Lester Burnham, does: he uninhibitedly embraces his failure as a father, as a husband, and as a professional. With Lester's high-strung wife, Carolyn, and his always sullen teenage daughter, Jane, loving to express their glaring contempt, the fond memories of a once-happy existence rapidly start to fade; however, the fragrant apparition of Angela--an off-limits object of desire--reminds Lester what life used to be, or better yet, what it can be. Now, for the first time, the unloved Lester wants out of his endless suburban slumber, thirsting for a drastic change and a superbly shameless transformation--all in the name of love, and above all, lost beauty.

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