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	American Beauty (1999)
		The irony inherent in this film, and it grows with resonance as the film draws to a conclusion, is that the only character who truly becomes free must sacrifice everything in order to achieve it.
		This film left me gasping for air: its hyper-realism conveys, at the same time, a portrait of the suburban comedy, a jolting-shock of realisation, and a cathartic sense of hope.
		Though whilst one may have difficulty with tagging this film with the 'feel good' label, the beauty of "American Beauty" is that it sits half-way between a desperate cry for help and a reassuring sense of happiness and fulfilment and that is cinema at its best.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0169547 (959 words)

	The Thora Birch Picture Pages
		She was next widely recognized for portraying the troubled daughter of Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening in the Oscar-winning film American Beauty (1999).
		Film work knocked on her door when Thora was only six year old.
		The American Beauty star recently was cast as April in the drama Slingshot (2005).
	www.superiorpics.com /thora_birch (1300 words)

	National Board of Review names 'American Beauty' 1999's best film at Hollywood.com
		Directed by first-timer Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, "Beauty" was released in September to widespread acclaim and solid box office.
		After "American Beauty," the rest of the group's top 10 were named in order: "The Talented Mr.
		Awards by film critics' groups, which also includes the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle, are deemed early indications for the Academy Awards, which take place March 26 in Los Angeles.
	www.hollywood.com /news/National_Board_of_Review_names_American_Beauty_1999s_best_film/311758 (1048 words)

	Movie Essays and Papers - Direct Essays
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		Analysis Of The Opening Scene Of American Beauty (1999)
	directessays.com /categories/movies/A.html (226 words)

	American beauty - American Beauty News
		Critical reaction to American Beauty was overwhelmingly positive, beginning as early as American Beauty focuses on existentialist themes surrounding the
		The beauty in American culture is in its dysfunctionality.
		American Beauty comes with an aura of dazzlingly positive reviews -- which, The thing is, American Beauty is a laughable failure as a work of art,
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	American Beauty
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		American Beauty - American Beauty American Beauty (1999 film) - American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, self-liberation, family, and the American Dream.
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	Film Guide to American Beauty by Brittany Deschler
		The film ends when Ricky's father thinks that Lester and his son are having a homosexual relationship and shoots Lester in the back of the head, after making a pass at him and being denied.
		The film supports this theory not only by her overall "'momism'" and control of the household, but in more particulars, such as the way she listens to music of that generation.
		He claims "American Beauty is indeed a class act, yet it's oddly run-of-the-mill." However, he fails to add what about this film makes it a class act, besides the performances.
	www.fredonia.edu /department/english/shokoff/AmerBeauty.htm (3507 words)

	American Beauty page 2. A Hollywood Jesus Visual Film Review.
		The film has already shown her alienation from the people around her, and it is as if she simply cannot think of another way to express herself.
		Films like Saving Private Ryan, The Patriot, or Glory are some examples because in order to portray a movie on war you must show it's brutal nature.
		People praise the film because it is a veritable, "snapshot" of American culture of the present, but this need for an image of onesself shows the limitation of the American viewer to analyse his own circumstances without multiple layers of self- reflection, that serve to distort rather than clarify the analysis.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /americanbeauty_2.htm (4402 words)

	American Beauty (1999)
		American Beauty wants to tell us how Lester lived before he died: how this unhappy man was suddenly one day awakened from the paralysis of loneliness, ennui, and despair and galvanized into unexpected action by a sudden, powerful erotic passion for a teenaged cheerleader.
		American Beauty doesn’t really mean to endorse any of Lester’s impetuous gestures as a viable course of action for a middle-aged suburban husband and father.
		In particular the film is realistic about the fact that, whatever it might please such a man to fantasize to the contrary, an actual physical relationship with a teenage girl would inevitably be unsatisfying and degrading to both parties.
	www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1885 (1300 words)

	American Beauty (1999): Reviews
		If it is never really as profound as it seems to think it is, American Beauty is consistently entertaining, and it earns points simply for acknowledging that all may not be perfect in the current boom years.
		The movie concludes that happiness and beauty is not in the grandiose religious, familial and economic pressures of 'ordinary' life, but is found in the daily appreciation of the little things we ignore as we try to 'succeed'.
		American Beauty is my favourite film of all time, followed by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Mulhholand Drive.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/americanbeauty (1645 words)

	American Beauty (1999)
		The film concludes with a montage of these small but memorable moments that is possibly the best part of the movie.
		American Beauty appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		Print flaws were minor but surprisingly heavy for a major studio movie from 1999; at times I witnessed light grain and some fl grit, and while these were never more than small nuisances, they seemed excessive for this recent a film.
	www.dvdmg.com /americanbeauty.shtml (2765 words)

	Film: American Beauty (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Much of the film's plot is triggered by a mid-life crisis brought to life by Kevin Spacey, and while mid-life crises might not sound like fresh cinematic territory, Spacey and screenwriter Alan Ball make it novel enough.
		Bolstering Mendes' clear command of the medium (the film coasts along in a distinctive, colourful style) is the sheer brilliance of casting.
		American Beauty bites off perhaps a bit more than it can chew--some of the filmmakers' targets seem a bit obvious--but overall, the film's power would be tough to deny.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1999/092399/film5.html (402 words)

	American Beauty - Rotten Tomatoes
		There are times when American Beauty feels like it might be toppling over into melodrama, but Mendes grabs the reins and reels his actors in, generating power and a lot of perspiration in the process.
		American Beauty is one of those rare, penetrating movies that peers so deeply into the façades of perfection to uncover hideous scars that it rivals a masterpiece such as The Graduate.
		American Beauty is a comedy because we laugh at the absurdity of the hero's problems.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/american_beauty (789 words)

	American Beauty (Site not responding. Last check: )
		American Beauty begins with a shot of a perfectly manicured neighborhood and a sardonic voiceover by Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey).
		Though he has already achieved everything he is supposed to - a marriage, child and beautiful house - he finds himself a shell of a man. Not only is he a shell of a man, he's a posthumous narrator - as the audience discovers in the first two minutes.
		The lack of true beauty in their lives leads to angst: they all feel that it should have been better, was once but somewhere, somehow it went awry.
	archives.thedaily.washington.edu /1999/093099/N5.AmericanBe.html (1077 words)

	American Beauty (1999)
		American Beauty is a ferociously funny, kick-in-the-groin jaunt through the backyard hell of modern suburbia that clicks along like well-oiled, razor-sharp garden shears...
		Though the film's story line is refreshingly anti-social and hilarious to follow, American Beauty is a shameless rip-off of Todd Solondz' Happiness.
		At the end, we are left with the film's murky final metaphor: human existence summed up by a shot of a single discarded plastic bag randomly blowing in the wind.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=127744&buy=closed&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (754 words)

	CityBeat: How Did They Make a Film like 'American Beauty'? (1999-09-30)
		American Beauty is not afraid to put its young characters, Angela (Suvari), Jane (Birch) and Ricky (Wes Bentley), a peeping tom with a video camera, into serious situations.
		American Beauty is a film that would fit right in with the heyday of 1970s adult moviemaking.
		Still, American Beauty is turning out to be the best-reviewed film of the year.
	www.citybeat.com /1999-09-30/film.shtml (1265 words)

	American Beauty: Cinephiles Movie Review
		American Beauty, directed by British theater director Sam Mendes (Cabaret, The Blue Room) and written by Alan Ball, is a film which focuses on a suburban-American family, portraying its characters' dysfunctional relationships as a direct symptom of their dissenting conceptions of beauty.
		As its title implies, the film begs the question "What is American beauty?" and without providing a concrete answer, it explores the endemic problems haunting many contemporary families: consumerism, unemployment, drugs, peer pressure, loneliness, discrimination and violence.
		Having revealed the fatal outcome, what follows is a brief view of the final days of Lester's frustrated life; of his wife Carolyn's (Annette Bening) systematic belittling of him and all things associated with him; and of their daughter's (Thora Birch) overpowering contempt towards both of them.
	www.cinephiles.net /American_Beauty/Film-Synopsis.html (185 words)

	American Beauty - The Film Guide
		American Beauty is a 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, self liberation, family, and the American Dream.
		The film concentrates around the Burnham family of three, consisting of Lester (the protagonist), his wife Carolyn, and their teenage daughter Jane.
		Another literary work with thematic similarities to the film is the play Death of a Salesman, which similarly deals with themes of alienation and the American Dream.
	filmguide.wikia.com /wiki/American_Beauty (859 words)

	Review: American Beauty (1999)
		One criticism is that Mendes, a veteran of theater, is overly enamored with the medium of film.
		The beauty these characters experience or miss is again typically American, and the result is a tale of immorality and wonder that causes mixed feelings toward the characters and their actions.
		The film is rated R for language and drug use, a couple of scenes of extreme violence, and strong sexual content.
	www.movie-page.com /reviews/a/american_beauty_b.htm (1106 words)

	TheMovieBoy Review - American Beauty (1999)
		'American Beauty,' which superficially refers to either Angela's physical appearance or the flowers Carolyn is growing in her garden, actually gets its name from the positive, existential way in which Ricky looks at the world.
		And as in real life, the film is carefully-structured in a way that it often feels like we are watching a series of moments in the lives of a group of people, rather than a cut-and-paste story, like so many conventional films fall victim to.
		'American Beauty' is a devastating motion picture of unconceivable power, made with both intelligence and care, and it may just cause you to reevaluate the whole way you view the world.
	www.themovieboy.com /reviews/a/99_americanbeauty.htm (1123 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: American Beauty (1999)
		American Beauty is not unlike a movie Billy Wilder might make, were he still making movies today.
		Alas, however, as American Beauty illustrates, we are so dependent on our masks that having them stripped away before we are ready draws out the worst in each of us.
		Yet, it is American Beauty's contention, becoming naked and vulnerable is the only way to be at ease with ourselves.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/american.beauty.1999.shtml (283 words)

	Amazon.com: American Beauty (Widescreen Edition): DVD: Annette Bening,Thora Birch,Chris Cooper,Peter Gallagher,Sam ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Given American Beauty's critical and box office reception, it's not surprising that cast and crew commentaries supplied in the DVD Awards Edition carry a self-congratulatory vigor, not just in the studio's featurette on the making of the film, but in the disc's special narrative content.
		The title of American Beauty does not refer to the pretty surfaces that hide the anguish of these people, but the beauty of their souls when dealing with that anguish.
		I've heard Kevin Spacey say that this film is about context, because taken out of context the behaviour of these characters seem bizzare and even phsycotic, but out with in the context of their messy lives or indeed anybody's life, it seems natural.
	www.amazon.com /American-Beauty-Widescreen-Annette-Bening/dp/B00003CWL6 (2736 words)

	AboutFilm.Com - American Beauty (1999)
		Lester is transfixed by her physical beauty, and makes an ass of himself showing it.
		There is physical beauty, the beauty of self-conviction, the beauty of non-inhibition, the beauty of the pregnant moment before a poweful occurance, and the beauty of the minutae of experiences that comprise life.
		American Beauty is one of the best films I have seen so far this year.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/a/americanbeauty.htm (908 words)

	culturevulture.net - review
		The anomie of suburban life has been done to death in American cinema, but American Beauty is a bitterly funny and beautifully crafted film, even if it does cover a lot of familiar ground.
		For if American Beauty is partly about the crushing effect that adulthood and a smiley-face culture can have on our spirits, it’s also about how sparingly we dole out freedom to our loved ones, and how threatening it is when they begin changing the rules.
		American Beauty’s material would crumble if it were pushed too hard, so Mendes uses a sly, off-centered way to make us register critical details, such as the wall full of videotapes in Ricky’s bedroom, or the white picket fence that seems to crosshatch the Burnhams’ front lawn.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/AmericanBeauty.htm (919 words)

	American Beauty (1999) - Talk - Spout
		Then the guy in our local video story said that American Beauty was the the second highest renting movie in the store (after Sixth Sense), so I thought there might be something to this movie as people are still voting with their dollars years after the film’s release.
		Powerful, intelligent film that reminded me a bit of 'American Beauty', with its 'trapped in suburbia'; themes, desperately trapped characters, and just as many laugh out loud moments as cringe in your seat scenes.
		But unlike 'American Beauty' this one made me cry, and while I was totally expecting it not to have a happy ending, I wasn't prepared for the ending that it served up.
	www.spout.com /films/AmericanBeauty/134793/default.aspx (921 words)

	American Beauty (1999)
		The messege of American Beauty, despite its dreary package, is a rather inspiring one - That no one should be allow themselves to be reduced to apperances that make them discontent.
		He's given some of the movie's most beautiful and introspective lines, especially during the scene when he explains to Jane why he has a recording of a plastic bag flying around in the wind.
		The film has several flaws but they all hold up together, along with several brillant spots, to create an effective and excellent film.
	members.tripod.com /~judy_funnie84/americanbeauty.html (903 words)

	AMERICAN BEAUTY
		This is a film that ends well for some, depending on how you look at it, and horribly for others.
		All I can say is, though the script and the direction were wonderful, this film would have been nothing without the performances of Spacey, Bening, Birch, Suvari and Bentley.
		AMERICAN BEAUTY is not always an easy film to watch, but it will keep you riveted to your seat.
	www.crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsA/f_american_beauty.html (696 words)

	Radio Free Movie Review: American Beauty (1999)
		It's that subservience that forms the core misery in American Beauty and is evident throughout.
		American Beauty is a dark commentary on the drudgery of everyday existence, but it's not a complete downer.
		The most disappointing part of American Beauty is how the climax is the result of a rather silly misunderstanding.
	www.radiofree.com /mov-revs/american.shtml (1053 words)

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