A film for babies.
American Beauty
...Look closer.
Rating
2.3 (2)
Release Date
9/15/1999Runtime
122 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$15,000,000Revenue
$356,296,601Homepage
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How It Feels
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A darkly comic excavation of suburban malaise and self-destruction, where a man's fantasy of reinvention becomes increasingly dangerous and delusional. It's a film that invites you to look closer at American aspiration and finds something ugly underneath.
Mood
MelancholicDefiantUnsettlingWistful
Themes
IdentityFamilyComing of ageObsession
Tone
Ironic
Pacing
Steady
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Sexual contentGraphic violence
Reviews
I always loved Thora Birch. Between Monkey Trouble, Now & Then, and Hocus Pocus, she is a millennial icon.
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