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Oct 1, 1999 · 8.3 /10. 1.2M. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 217. 20. Play trailer 3:01. 4 Videos. 99+ Photos. Drama. A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend. Director. Sam Mendes. Writer. Alan Ball. Stars. Kevin Spacey. Annette Bening. Thora Birch. See production info at IMDbPro.
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The film is not perfect, and it is what it wants, as audience we are immersed in the voice-over of the catharsis of a man who, when he dies, embarks us to the beauty of life and his shipwreck, a portrait of society, to worry about what that people think and finally understand beauty, not the American one, but everything, including a plastic bag ...
Sep 24, 1999 · "American Beauty" is not as dark or twisted as "Happiness," last year's attempt to shine a light under the rock of American society. It's more about sadness and loneliness than about cruelty or inhumanity. Nobody is really bad in this movie, just shaped by society in such a way they can't be themselves, or feel joy.
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Tomatometer 192 Reviews. 93% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark, acid wit, American Beauty is a smart, provocative high...
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It was the second-best-reviewed American film of the year behind Being John Malkovich and grossed over $350 million worldwide against its $15-million budget, becoming the ninth highest-grossing film of 1999.
- $356.3 million
- Jinks/Cohen Company
- $15 million
- Thomas Newman
Sep 13, 2019 · Critical consensus now has Michael Mann’s controlled, sinewy, morally shaded media study The Insider (seven nominations, zero wins) as the film most wronged by American Beauty’s Oscar haul.
Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm. ...a particularly embittered entry in the suburban satire genre. Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 16, 2019. Tim Dirks Filmsite. American Beauty (1999) is a...