The Silence of the Lambs (film)
1991
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Sep 24, 1999 · Bening's character, a real estate agent who chants self-help mantras, confuses happiness with success--bad enough if you're successful, depressing if you're not. And Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham.
Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark, acid wit, American Beauty is a smart, provocative high point of late '90s mainstream Hollywood film.
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Mark Johnson Awards Daily. With its clever and thought-provoking exploration of middle-class life, American Beauty continues to ignite...
Sep 15, 1999 · Online Film & Television Association. • 10 Wins & 18 Nominations. Provoked by forbidden passions, Lester Burnham (Spacey) decides to make a few changes in his rut of a life, changes that are less midlife crisis than adolescence reborn.
"American Beauty" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It includes profanity, nudity, masturbation and less solitary sexual situations, some real and some...
Sep 13, 1999 · An acerbic, darkly comic critique of how social conventions can lead people into false, sterile and emotionally stunted lives, “American Beauty” is a real American original. Multilayered ...
Oct 1, 1999 · American Beauty: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley. A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Sep 17, 1999 · American Beauty is about a ”normal” nuclear family whose members are drowning in pain because they’ve lost the ability to see beyond exteriors, and the film lays bare the dreams that they covet.
American Beauty wants to tell us how Lester lived before he died: how this unhappy man was suddenly one day awakened from the paralysis of loneliness, ennui, and despair and galvanized into unexpected action by a sudden, powerful erotic passion for a teenaged cheerleader.
Jan 28, 1999 · 122 minutes. Certificate: 18. Original Title: American Beauty. Released in America to a tumult of superlatives and Oscar chitchat, British director Sam Mendes' exceptional take on...
