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AMERICAN BEAUTY

Director:

  Sam Mendes
  

Year Released:

  1999

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Annette Bening
  Wes Bentley
  Thora Birch
  Kevin Spacey
  Mena Suvari
Movie Haiku:Depressed forty-something professional forces himself to reorder his priorities, to the great consternation of his ambitious wife and skeptical daughter. Kevin Spacey’s performance is so strong that the somewhat manufactured ending hardly matters. The film is firmly anchored by his evolving point of view.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  1999