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American Beauty (1999) Rank 2 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give American Beauty (1999) a score of 3.3941 out of 4
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American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Bob Thompson)Jam! Movies (Bob Thompson)
Moves from mirthful to moody and to downright overwrought near the climax. ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at Jam! Movies (Bob Thompson)
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic (Jack Sommersby)eFilmCritic (Jack Sommersby)
Kevin Spacey's wonderful performance as a frustrated suburbanite looking to reinvent his pathetic, docile existence is the only valid reason to expose yourself to something as annoyingly overstated and criminally overrated as American Beauty. Spacey's ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at eFilmCritic (Jack Sommersby)
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD JournalDVD Journal
Kevin Spacey (he won an Oscar) stars as Lester Burnham, a burned-out copywriter treading water in the suffocating mid-life dysfunction of placid suburbia. His wife (Annette Bening — also a winner) is a shrill, hysterical harpy, equal parts Martha ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at DVD Journal
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for THE WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEWTHE WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEW
In the film, there are no truly likable characters, except for maybe Kevin Spacey, but even that’s a stretch. I don’t consider becoming a self-centered, dope smoker a real plus. And I didn’t buy his character’s quick turnaround at the end either. ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at THE WEEKLY MOVIE REVIEW
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Draxblog Movie ReviewsDraxblog Movie Reviews
The script, written by Alan Ball, chronicles the last year in life of Lester Durnham (played by Kevin Spacey), 42-year old man who becomes increasingly unhappy with his life in seemingly idyllic middle-class suburb. He is becoming estranged from his ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at Draxblog Movie Reviews
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for UTK Daily Beacon (Nick Tipton)UTK Daily Beacon (Nick Tipton)
A family of three - one happy dad, mom and daughter - in a big white house with a pretty red door in the "ideal" family neighborhood. Look closer. Dad is in a constant, deep depression. Mom displays a constant perfect image on the outside when she ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at UTK Daily Beacon (Nick Tipton)
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Off-screen Off-screen
Basterebbe questa frase e il giudizio sul film sarebbe risolto. Ma il melodramma American Beauty è appunto un melodramma e propria di questo genere, ibrido figliastro tormentato del cinema, è la capacità di mischiare le carte e di far apparire “oro ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at Off-screen
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Presents problems for parents: one hero is an unpunished drug dealer, another a successful blackmailer. One father is a murderer; one mother catatonic, another an adulteress. ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
American Beauty (1999) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for James BowmanJames Bowman
Follow your bliss, middle-aged America! Quit your job, speak your mind, buy that muscle car you’ve always wanted. Start smoking pot again. Buff up and start an affair with a teenage girl. You may die for it, but you will die happy. Where have we ...read the complete American Beauty movie review at James Bowman

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American Beauty (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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American Beauty (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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