American Beauty (DVD) Reviews

American Beauty is a masterpiece in cinematic artistry. The basic premise tells of Lester Burnham -Kevin Spacey- whose having a mid-life crisis. Everything on the outside is a perfect picture of domestic bliss! His wife, Carolyn- Annette Bening- is a hardworking albeit materialistic Real Estate Agent. As Lester narrates the film, he ...  Read the complete review

American Beauty came out back in 1999! Can you believe it is ten years ago! The film was directed by Sam Mendes and stars the brilliant Kevin Spacey along with Annette Bening and Mena Sevari. This film was massive at the box office and won five Oscars! Along with that it managed another 83 awards and 70 odd nominations! That's how big this ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion editing is nothing special till it doesn't reaches almost the end of the film. The scenes are following one after another. But this scene is edited a bit different. The shots are exchanging all the time, we see a lot of different reactions on people's faces. Also some objects are more enlighten then others, for e.g. roses, blood ...  Read the complete review

I had seen the trailers for this film and even though i wanted to go and see it in the cinema when it was released, i never did as i didnt want my ex boyfriend drooling over Mena Suvaris character (yes i know, a little crazy!) I ended up watching it one day when it was on one of the Sky Movie channels and i thought it was brilliant and ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room American Beauty is an extremely successful drama that won the Best Picture Oscar, and also won Kevin Spacey his much deserve acting Oscar, as well as one for Alan Ball for his superb screenplay (Ball would later go on to work on the brilliant show Six Feet Under and also newer ...  Read the complete review

This movie is an absolute classic. I have watched it numerous times, and every time I feel as entertained and emotionally moved as the last. The movie is extremely thought provoking, to the extent that you will most probably find yourself re-evaluating your life as a result of it! The plot: 'I feel like I've been in a ...  Read the complete review

I had heard so much about this movie that I decided it was about time to watch it...I had heard about the rose petals etc and thought, why not? So the story is simple, normal guy does normal things, wishes he was younger, gets stuck in a rut, falls out with his daughter...so far this is my relationship with my Dad! Nothing too amazing ...  Read the complete review

This is the most undeserving oscar nominated film that i have ever come accross! I dont see any reason for the film to be rated so highly all over.The plot is downright cheap and the execution is no better!Avoid this film if you don't want to fume with anger after watching a film! I dont remember seeing such a stupid film ever,i had my ...  Read the complete review

American Beauty was released ten years ago in 1999 and stars Kevin Spacey as advertising executive; Lester Burnham. Struggling in life and caught in a downward spiral of depression due to being hated by his wife (Annette Bening) and daughter (Thora Birch) and despising his very existence. Lester changes when introduced to his ...  Read the complete review

American Beauty, it's a film I tried to watch when I was a kit but I never watched it, I saw it was on BBC 2 as a 15 year old I think, I tried to watch it but I got bored with it, it probably didn't help that it was half way though. Anyway, I finally purchased the dvd a few weeks ago and watched it properly for the first time, I was ...  Read the complete review

I remember back in 1999 when American Beauty was released and was the talk of the time, then I remember it winning the Academy Award for best picture at that years Oscars and even more talk about the movie, yet for some strange reason it took me 10 years to actually sit down and watch this movie. Plot: Lester Burnham ( ...  Read the complete review

This movie came out in 1999, it wasn't until I watched it again recently that it really hit home. The movie is superb and really puts out a message that everyone should take in. Being fairly young the first time I watched it I didn't and just thought it was a cool film. Kevin Spacey who plays the role of Lester Burham shows why he is ...  Read the complete review

I watched the film 'American Beauty' about 2 months ago for the first time. My friend strongly recommended it so I felt that I should give it a go. I had heard mixed reviews about it, so I was interested to be able to judge for myself. A man hitting his mid-life crisis and becoming sexually interested in a teenager while his life crumbles, ...  Read the complete review

I've heard mixed reviews about "American Beauty" - my best friend and her hubby watched it and thought it was a waste of money, mine watched it and thought it was "an ok movie". He said he could understand where the thoughts of the character played by Kevin Spacey, were at. This is a male mid-life crisis movie, and with hubby ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a 42 year old American family man going through a mid-life crisis that sees him develop a crush on his daughter's friend, and quit his job. He also buys his dream car, a 1970 Pontiac Firebird, and starts smoking the weed his neighbour's son is selling. Despite his new-found freedom, those ...  Read the complete review

American Beauty (1999) a comedy-come-drama, is an amazing film. This film won 5 Oscars including Best Picture so that gives some weight to my opinion. Directed by Sam Mendes (also Road to Perdition, Jarhead and Revolutionary Road) this film has a great story, great dialogue and great acting. Starring Kevin Spacey (one of my favourite ...  Read the complete review

American beauty is a one of a kind movie which will make one think twice or even thrice because of the movie is pleasantly good and very deep. So here is my simple review if you have not watc the movie before. This movie was critically acclaimed and true to its worthiness of being a top quality movie that I have seen before. This is one ...  Read the complete review

Portraying the broken dysfunctional family, American Beauty won awards from the Academy for the best pictures. Supported by good actors and actresses this movie was one of the best I have ever seen. A father who was fed up with the job and under the domination and being underestimated by his own wife, feeling not satisfied with the life. The ...  Read the complete review

I know that this movie received all kinds of great reviews, but I was not at all impressed. I guess I am not as culturally advanced as some and maybe that is the reason I did not find this movie so intriguing. This movie definitely had some good qualities, and was entertaining enough to watch, but I really don't see what all the hype is about. The ...  Read the complete review

Before I begin, I must emphasise that I 'did' enjoy this film. It's been a while since Hollywood managed to create a film that wasn't over-run with special effects. I thought the film was well acted and shot, and the score by Thomas Newman was as usual excellent. However, I couldn't at times help myself thinking that this film was a ...  Read the complete review