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Drama - 1999
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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.
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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
122 min
Release date:
15 Sep 1999
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$15,000,000
Revenue:
$356,296,601
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. 111 wins & 102 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Boldly challenging our sympathies, [Lester] somehow wins them because, to borrow a phrase, he's a man in full.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
28 Jan 2014
rotten:
[The filmmakers'] attacks on real-estate agents, corporate America and suburbia aren't so much shooting fish in a barrel as they are shooting fish in a shallow dish.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Jan 2014
fresh:
American Beauty approaches a manic, almost cartoonish edge without falling over. Both Spacey and Bening use extraordinary comic timing to bring these very sad, lost characters to life.
– Jami Bernard,
New York Daily News,
28 Jan 2014
fresh:
Alan Ball's script is a terrific piece of material, and Mendes responds directly to its subversive, provocative vision of a curdled American Dream.
– John Hartl,
Seattle Times,
28 Jan 2014
fresh:
Kevin Spacey gives the performance of his life.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
8 May 2014
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