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Summary:
Noted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about the nature and price of beauty in a culture obsessed with outward appearances. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a man in his mid-40s go... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Kevin Spacey - (Lester Burnham)
Annette Bening - (Caroline Burnham)
Thora Birch - (Jane Burnham)
Wes Bentley - (Ricky Fitts)
Mena Suvari - (Angela Hayes)
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Review:
A darkly comic critique of suburban stupor with a measured touch of redemption, American Beauty became the most laureled film of 1999. As written by Alan Ball and directed by theatre wunderkind/film neophyte Sam Mendes, the tale of Lester Burnham's final year of life keenly delves into the repressed desires, rampant materialism, skewed val... Continue >>

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