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Read from 51 comments (48 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) β 7 of them described how it moves.
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βThe movie starts a bit weirdβ
gracjanski Β· Metacritic β
βThe narration gave it a great opening and ending.β
MatePolcz Β· Metacritic β
βThe narration gave it a great opening and ending.β
MatePolcz Β· Metacritic β
βAlso a crazy endingβ
eva3si0n Β· Metacritic β
βthe film drags down during the second actβ
Aboodash56 Β· Metacritic β
βWhat begins almost as a Comedy, full of laughable moment and, to be quite honest, some equally laughable dialogueβ
TheRaggedFlygon Β· Metacritic β
Read 25 Aug 2026 Β· confidence 58% Β· scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score Β· how this works
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βSpacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham.β
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Β· 100
βA dark comical masterpiece that single-handedly announces the collapse of the American family infrastructure as it exists on the brink of Y2K.β
Christopher Brandon, TNT RoughCut Β· 100
βIt gracefully defies the usual categories, gets under your skin in ways you cannot anticipate, then works its way straight toward the heart. It's far and away the bravest and best movie of the year.β
Bill Gallo, Dallas Observer Β· 100
βA tart, funny and tremendously sobering movie about the deepest recesses of personal unhappiness.β
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News Β· 100
βSpacey is diamond-brilliant in a role that plays as if custom-made for him.β
Jay Carr, Boston Globe Β· 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 24 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays β critics 86, the watch 72
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βThe movie starts a bit weirdβ
gracjanskiabout 0β15% inread it β
βThe narration gave it a great opening and ending.β
MatePolczabout 0β15% inread it β
βThe narration gave it a great opening and ending.β
MatePolczabout 75β100% inread it β
βAlso a crazy endingβ
eva3si0nabout 85β100% inread it β
βThe film American Beauty to me is a film about purpose. What is your purpose in life? The film teaches that there is such great beauty in the small things in life and that sometimes you need to take a step back to allow yourself to take in the unfiltered beauty in the small things like a plastic bag dancing in the wind, playing with the leaves. The film tells it's audience that the beauty in the small details is much greater than society's typical image of beauty. The prominent rose in the film β
tmdb70752507read it β
βI first saw this film in my teen years. I didn't understand the plot of the movie back then but found the erotic scenes interesting. I think I was also impressed by Lesters change in attitude back then. Rewatching it in my early thirties the movie really catches me. The story of every character is catching, because everyone is struggling with different ordinary problems, some of them probably known by every adult. * Lester is fighting with his midlifecrisis and wants to break the devils-whβ
stempst0rread it β
βIt was a ok movie. I didn't like Kevin Spacey creeping on a young teenager, but other then that it was a good movie.β
Andre Gonzalesread it β
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