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Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark, acid wit, American Beauty is a smart, provocative high point of late '90s mainstream Hollywood film.
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American Beauty is deeply disturbing, acerbically funny, brilliantly acted, breathtakingly original and highly sophisticated. Feb 22, 2015 | Full Review…
American Beauty is deeply disturbing, acerbically funny, brilliantly acted, breathtakingly original and highly sophisticated.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
This is Spacey's best performance since he took home an Oscar for The Usual Suspects. Feb 22, 2015 | Full Review…
This is Spacey's best performance since he took home an Oscar for The Usual Suspects.
Jeff Strickler
This engrossing centrepiece meshes with subplots involving Burnham's dysfunctional family and unbalanced neighbours, in a virtuoso study of isolation, repression and fulfilment. Mendes infuses the lush visuals and lyrical script with dramatic panache. Feb 22, 2015 | Full Review…
This engrossing centrepiece meshes with subplots involving Burnham's dysfunctional family and unbalanced neighbours, in a virtuoso study of isolation, repression and fulfilment. Mendes infuses the lush visuals and lyrical script with dramatic panache.
Ed Potton
Why, then, did I enjoy it so little? Because of its unrelenting self-importance: American Beauty wants us to know, in every shot at every turn, just how clever and mercilessly cutting it is. May 8, 2014 | Full Review…
Why, then, did I enjoy it so little? Because of its unrelenting self-importance: American Beauty wants us to know, in every shot at every turn, just how clever and mercilessly cutting it is.
Joe Morgenstern
Kevin Spacey gives the performance of his life. May 8, 2014 | Full Review…
Kevin Spacey gives the performance of his life.
Rex Reed
Alan Ball's script is a terrific piece of material, and Mendes responds directly to its subversive, provocative vision of a curdled American Dream. Jan 28, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Alan Ball's script is a terrific piece of material, and Mendes responds directly to its subversive, provocative vision of a curdled American Dream.
John Hartl
American Beauty wields its title as a double-edged sword -- as a profoundly harsh and ironic assertion of misplaced values and wasted lives on one side; but as a subtle statement of hope and kindness on the other Feb 20, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
American Beauty wields its title as a double-edged sword -- as a profoundly harsh and ironic assertion of misplaced values and wasted lives on one side; but as a subtle statement of hope and kindness on the other
Dennis King
We never really see the downtrodden nature of Burnham's life pre-awakening, we just take it as a given from Burnham's own sarcastic narration. Dec 1, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
We never really see the downtrodden nature of Burnham's life pre-awakening, we just take it as a given from Burnham's own sarcastic narration.
PJ Nabarro
The highly entertaining dark comedy American Beauty uses its cardboard characters very well. Mar 1, 2018 | Full Review…
The highly entertaining dark comedy American Beauty uses its cardboard characters very well.
Andy Spletzer
...magnificent, fresh, debatable, funny and tragicomic. [Full Review in Spanish] Feb 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
...magnificent, fresh, debatable, funny and tragicomic. [Full Review in Spanish]
Israel Paredes
A tightly coiled rage seethes beneath the pretty surface of American Beauty, a wickedly funny black comedy directed by newcomer Sam Mendes. Feb 22, 2015 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A tightly coiled rage seethes beneath the pretty surface of American Beauty, a wickedly funny black comedy directed by newcomer Sam Mendes.
Ann Hornaday
This seriocomic autopsy of middle-class virtue has the capacity to startle and surprise, and a gift for finding grim humor at the heart of tragedy. Feb 22, 2015 | Full Review…
This seriocomic autopsy of middle-class virtue has the capacity to startle and surprise, and a gift for finding grim humor at the heart of tragedy.
Bill Gallo
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