| American Beauty Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| American Beauty (1999)
Rated R; running time 119 minutes
Genre: Drama
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0169547
Official site: http://www.amazon.com/exec/
Written by: Alan Ball
Directed by: Sam Mendez
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening,...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| MPAA: Rated R for strong sexuality, language, violence and drug content.
Runtime: USA 121 / UK 121 / Finland 122 / Germany
122 / Netherlands 122 / New Zealand 122
Country: USA...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Christian Pyle |
| American Beauty
Reviewed by Christian Pyle
Directed by Sam Mendes
Written by Alan Ball
Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, and Mena
Suvari
Grade: A more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Gary Jones |
| Kevin Spacey is one of the few actors whose name in the credits alone
would make me want to see a film. Even in his smaller roles, such as his
portrayal of serial killer John Doe in Seven, he makes an impact far
beyond his screen time, but here he is...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Shay Casey |
| Year: 1999.
Starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena
Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam
Robards.
Written by Alan Ball.
Directed by Sam Mendes.
Rated R. more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Ian Waldron-Mantgani |
| Rated on a 4-star scale
Screening venue: Odeon (Liverpool City Centre)
Released in the UK by UIP on February 4, 2000; certificate 18; 122 minutes;
country of origin USA; aspect ratio 2.35:1 more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| Kevin Spacey, not too long ago, helped reintroduce us to the seven
deadly sins in Seven. In no particular order, they are gluttony,
avarice, envy, pride, wrath, lust, and the other one. (I'd look it up,
but I'm too lazy.) more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Greg King |
| AMERICAN BEAUTY (M).
(Dreamworks/UIP)
Director: Sam Mendes
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Chris Cooper, Mena
Suvari, Wes Bentley, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Scott Bakula,
Sam Robards
Running time: 122 minutes.
Yet another...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Katy Lindemann |
| Simple truths become the most stark revelations of 'American Beauty'. An
excruciatingly thought-provoking satire of the failings of the American
dream, this is an exquisitely stylish film. more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Louis Proyect |
| Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) enjoys all the outward trappings of
middle-class success in the aptly but ironically titled film "American
Beauty": a beautiful wife named Carolyn (Annette Bening) with her own
real-estate business and a teenage daughter...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Donlee Brussel |
| Cast: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena
Suvari, Chris Cooper, Allison Janney
Director: Sam Mendes
Screenplay: Alan Ball
120 Min.
Rated R more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Steve Evans |
| Yes, and there’s so much more. A jet-black satire of suburbia, this
cautionary fable with a grim, inevitable climax features a stunning
performance from Spacey, as the 42-year-old advertising man who hates his
job and shrewish wife (Bening). Seldom does...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Murali Krishnan |
| Suburban America is often seen as a symbol of comfortable banality. In
actuality, it is not immune to the dissatisfaction, directionlessness,
and dysfunction that afflict modern life. more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Eric Walker |
| The Church of the SubGenius has a motto for breaking away from the chains
of conformity: "Repent! Quit your job! Slack off!" And that's
essentially what AMERICAN BEAUTY is about: waking up and realizing what a
sham modern life is, before it's too...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| How often have you felt your life to be insignificant, tedious and downright
meaningless? Films like 'It's a Wonderful Life' show just how one single
person can have a large impact on the lives of those around them and
likewise. 'American Beauty' falls...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by edwin jahiel |
| AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999) *** Directed by Sam Mendes. Written by Alan
Ball. Photography, Conrad L. Hall. Editing, Tariq Anwar and Chris
Greenbury. Production design, Naomi Shohan . Music, Thomas Newman.
Producers ,Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks. Cast: Kevin...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| AMERICAN BEAUTY (director:Sam Mendes; screenwriter:Alan Ball;
cinematographer: Conrad L. Hall; cast: Kevin Spacey (Lester Burnham),
Annette Bening (Caroline Burnham),Thora Birch (Jane Burnham), Wes
Bentley (Ricky Fitts), Mena Suvari (Angela Hayes), Chris...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Ronald L. Strong |
| DREAMWORKS PICTURES PRESENTS A JINKS/ COHEN
COMPANY PRODUCTION KEVIN SPACEY ANNETTE BENING
"AMERICAN BEAUTY" THORA BIRCH ALLISON JANNEY
PETER GALLAGHER MENA SUVARI WES BENTLEY AND
CHRIS COOPER
CO-PRODUCERS STAN WLODKOWSKI ALAN BALL...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Mark O'Hara |
| There's something classic about the word "American" when it's used in a
title. It's appeared in the names of films, fiction, music and many more
genres, and gains a certain amount of dignity perhaps from the nomenclature
of history: wars and...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| In my reviews I try to make gentle recommendations rather than telling you
what to see or what not to see. I realize that we all have different tastes
and I cannot predict what my audience will like and what they will dislike.
But in the case of American...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Sridhar Prasad |
| AMERICAN BEAUTY
A film by Sam Mendes
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Chris Cooper, Mena Suvari, Thora
Birch, Wes Bentley, and Scott Bakula.
Written by Alan Ball more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| "American Beauty" (1999) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Kevin Spacey,
Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari, Chris Cooper and
Peter Gallagher. Directed by Sam Mendes more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| The movie is about Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), who sees no point to
his existence: he is in a cold and frigid relationship with his wife
Carolyn (Annette Bening); he barely talks to his daughter Jane (Thora
Birch); and he has just been put on the...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| Virtually every man and woman snaps awake at least once in their life to hear
the words "This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful life" —
even if they aren't listening to a Talking Heads song. more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Stephen Graham Jones |
| Most movies willingly yield to even minimal analysis--fall apart in your
hands, into a set of easily identifiable conventions, character types, etc.
Not so with director Sam Mendes' American Beauty, the story of what the
suburban American dream looks...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| I think that if any of us have learned a lesson from all of the movies that
have come out during this past year it's that too much hype is a bad thing.
Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Menace was hyped since last November for
being one of the biggest...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Jon Ridge |
| ... um. Wow.
Ever seen a film so well-constructed, so accomplished
every moment, one to the next, you get chills? That happened
to me about ten times during the brilliant, brilliant,
brilliant AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Hard to describe, and how...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| Poetic in its execution, "American Beauty" is a satire on Joe America who
hasn't stopped to smell the roses in so many years that the high point of
his day is playing with himself in the shower. He hates his life, his wife
hates him and their daughter...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| “American Beauty” offers us a glimpse into what really
fuels suburban families, like that of Lester Burnham
(Kevin Spacey). In doing so, the film tears apart the
suburban myth of well-trimmed rose-gardens and
automatic garage door openers. Sure, Lester...more |
| American Beauty Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| “American Beauty” offers us a glimpse into what really
fuels suburban families, like that of Lester Burnham
(Kevin Spacey). In doing so, the film tears apart the
suburban myth of well-trimmed rose-gardens and
automatic garage door openers. Sure, Lester...more |
