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Summary: Today is the first day of the rest of your life?
Review: Today is the first day of the rest of your life? Yes.The amazing capability that we have to surprise ourselves and the surrounding life makes you to take control of every moment that you live. Live larger. Lester has this capability. He never died . He just smiled. before taking a pause. AMAZING BEAUTY. That's what I can write about this movie and the writer.
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Summary: American Beauty is absolutely the best movie of the decade!
Review: Watching the film at the Razorback 6 Cinema in Fayetteville, Arkansas, I was completely, like the rest of the fifty or so people also watching the film, completely entranced! No, mesmerized is more like it. As a 36 year old aspiring screenwriter confronting my own mid-life crisis, I was literally blown away by the film's raw, emotional power. Kevin Spacey was an absolute marvel. Aside from the magnificent score, beautiful cinematography, and first-rate ensemble acting, this is the best screenplay I have ever read. The delicious irony present in all the characters is utterly remarkable. Of all the fine characters throughout the story, it is perhaps Chris Cooper's colonel which stood out the most. As an abusive, homophobic, ex-military man who is surely not as he seems, he delivers an inspiring performance that leaves audiences gasping with horror. Hats off also to first-time film director, Sam Mendes, and what most certainly will be the first of many Best Director awards. "American Beauty" is filmmaking at the highest level. I, nor anyone else, will ever be the same. Thanks very much for giving us a film we will cherish for generations to come!
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Summary: just BEAUTIFUL!
Review: What a wonderful film! The characters are true as well as the story. I loved every minute of the film. This is a must see film as well as a must read book. Don't pass this up for anything.
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Summary: The Best Movie of the year!
Review: When i first heard about this movie, I was absolutely sure that it would be the best movie of the year. I had seen Kevin Spacey in "L.A. Confidential" (a movie worth seeing after it was kicked out of the Academy Awards by TITANIC), and I knew he would take the role to great heights. I walked out of the theatre in awe. I was shocked. A million things were going through my mind. When I found out that AMAZON carried the shooting script, I knew I had to have it. The direction, screenplay, acting and just its entire being are just blow away amazing.
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Summary: Great, but....
Review: Why does it have to be the military guy who is the anti-gay person in so many Hollywood movies? It just goes to prove that the film is so slanted towards the whole left wing and that the conservatives in films are the bad guys... change the script just once to prove me wrong
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Summary: Overlooked Star
Review: With the 30-something reviews that have been submitted, what can I, a 19 year-old, say to make people watch the movie and buy the script? The one other thing I feel I can say is that the one person that is missed is Annette Bening. While Kevin Spacey did an excellent job, Annette Bening was just amazing. Not many people can pull off the talent of going just a bit crazy, and do it well. Mrs. Bening did it not only well, but with a flair that caught me. She did a phenomenal job, and I think that if no one else convinced someone reading this to to see the Beauty, then nothing else will, and you will never understand.
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