• R, 2 hr. 2 min.
  • Drama, Comedy
  • Directed By:
    Sam Mendes
    In Theaters:
    Oct 1, 1999 Wide
    On DVD:
    Jan 2, 2002
  • Dream Works

Critic Review - Slant Magazine

It's daring in that it sympathizes with a protagonist who's a pederast though its portrait of an American family on the brink of collapse is essentially a cartoon

June 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comments (21)
Slant Magazine

Comments

MargotVoguey

Sara Nicholls

That comment excerpt not only doesn't make sense as a sentence, but the bit that does is completely inaccurate.

Mar 21 - 06:10 PM

Benny B.

ben bastyr

You're an idiot.

Aug 4 - 02:09 PM

Cam W.

Cam Washton

Of course it's daring in that it sympathizes with a pederast. That's not review, that's basically a given.

The part you DO actually attempt to review is pretty off too. It's supposed to be a cartoon. the watcher steps back and looks at this family and it's basically funny, cartoony. Your review is right for all the wrong reasons

Nov 16 - 07:57 PM

Sean A.

Sean Avolio

A pederast is a man who has sexual relations with a boy. There is not a single character in this film who has sex with a boy. You're an idiot.

Jan 22 - 12:44 AM

Matt K.

Matt Keirle

I'm not sure which version of American Beauty you saw, but the copy I watched several times did not contain sympathy for the 'pederast' - and for future reference a pederast is generally a male who has sex with a boy as the passive partner - I believe the word you're looking for is 'homosexual'.

Mar 30 - 07:40 AM

dustinxrx

dustin renwand

did you even watch this film?

May 4 - 03:07 PM

Quadzilla99

Aaron Yovanovits

This guy is right up there with Ken Hanke and Christopher Null in terms of intellectual rigor.

May 28 - 11:06 PM

Frank B.

Frank B

You didnt get the movie at all did you? I don't even think your idiotic comment deserves any attention. There are so much themes and symbols in this movie that your tiny and stubborn mind cant understand.

Jun 15 - 09:22 PM

Nate K.

Nate Kelley

I would like to formulate a well-thought, poignant, concise response to your opinion. However, I'm going to take the low road here and just call you a stupid F*cking Jackass instead. Chump

Oct 29 - 07:49 AM

Ted S.

Ted Straton

You just don't get it...do you? Ahh, but that's the beauty of being a critic, you have nothing better to do than to try and preside over a job of free movies with very little understanding. It's too bad, just too bad; for you're essentially...just a cartoon critic.

Dec 20 - 01:52 AM

joey d.

joey darbyshire

your an idiot. it raises the question how people actually become film critics. i am 16 and i can tell you that you are clearly unfit to be a critic as you do not like this movie that is obviously one of the greatest of all time

Dec 21 - 06:39 AM

Enoch C.

Enoch Ching

maybe you shouldn't hand out your age like free candy on this site. After all, there could be pederasts.

Jan 2 - 12:20 AM

Marcus N.

Marcus Nakao

I have a question. Have you ever been right in your entire life? Based on this one incredibly wrong and stupid comment, i would say that you have never been right about anything. I would also say that all the reviews about the movies you watch are completely inaccurate.

Feb 13 - 07:16 PM

Marcus N.

Marcus Nakao

i wasnt talking about you enoch c. i was talking about ed gonzales

Feb 13 - 07:30 PM

andrew c.

andrew cassar

You sound like a fuckin' idiot.
Just because a movie is 'classic' or good in your eyes, doesn't make it the basis for a fallacy on the part of a critic. What makes it a fallacy is misunderstanding the the film as a whole, and making objectional, false judgments on the film, as this critic has.

Also, saying 'your an idiot' is such irony.

May 14 - 05:11 AM

Harry May

Harry May

How is Lester a pederast? He doesn't have sex with Ricky, maybe you should check what pederast means, clearly you meant paedophile.

Jan 10 - 12:46 PM

Lee Jackson

Lee Jackson

I think this guy is a closet pederast and it touched a raw nerve!

Jun 5 - 05:55 AM

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