Kevin Spacey ... Lester Burnham
Annette Bening ... Carolyn Burnham
Thora Birch ... Jane Burnham
Wes Bentley ... Ricky Fitts
Mena Suvari ... Angela Hayes
Chris Cooper ... Col. Frank Fitts, USMC
Peter Gallagher ... Buddy Kane
Allison Janney ... Barbara Fitts
Scott Bakula ... Jim Olmeyer
Sam Robards ... Jim Berkley
Barry Del Sherman ... Brad Dupree
I love this movie because it introduced audiences into a world completely different than the one we are all accustomed to. So Lester is a man who has lived his life according to all the conventional rules and ideals of society only to find himself, unhappy and quite worthless. His wife is a beautiful picture with a bit of mold on the inside, the woman's stark raving mad if you ask me. And his daughter Janey is a social misfit with an askew view on society, yet trying her hardest to conform. These are all the intertwined points on one of the century's most acclaimed pictures. I watched this because a friend lent it to me and I watched it with my parent's. If you have ever seen it you know how uncomfortable I must have been, but despite that I loved it. I just bought it recently and I’ve already watched it twice. Also I have never looked at a red rose, that could possibly be an American Beauty the same way ever again. That scene where he imagines her in rose petals from the ceiling, I thought was just so …. oh man it was great. It captures the true nature of passion and unrestrained imagination. If you haven't watched this movie, you can't have lived, it is beautiful and poignant, everyone must watch!
It also won awards for:
Best Director,
Best Actor :Kevin Spacey
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
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