American Beauty
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- Synopsis
- A darkly comic portrait of suburbia, Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey stars as a man cast into a vicious midlife crisis. Underemployed and hopelessly lusting for a teenager, he discovers his wife is having an affair, while his misfit daughter looks for ......
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- Director(s)
- Sam Mendes
- Distributor(s)
- Dream Works
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 122 min.
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Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites
Spacey is diamond-brilliant in a role that plays as if custom-made for him.Read the full review
USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites
A singular accomplishment so specifically keyed to Spacey's talents that it mandates going out on a limb to say it contains the performance that will ultimately be regarded as "the one."Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham.Read the full review
