Movies

Whenever it comes to me trying to choose a favorite movie, I always get stuck. I think I'm not able to choose just one that tops all the rest, so this time I'll review one movie that always leaves me with a good sensation, not that it's a typical happy movie or anything, maybe I'm just weird like that.

The movie is "American Beauty" from 1999. It was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. This film is fearly known although many years has passed since its release, and the amount of awards it won reafirm this. The movie won several of these awards, specially at the 72nd Academy Awards, where the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Kevin Spacey), Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

It shows the life of Lester Burnham (played by Kevin Spacey) who goes trough what is commonly refered to as a midlife crisis, but I think that that term usually takes away the seriousness and relevance of everything that goes on. Burnham is sick and tired of his family and job situation. He then meets a friend of his daughter, Angela (played by Mena Suvari) and becomes truly infatuated by her. The movie continues to show the weird things that happen due to this situation, how the wife responds and goes off to live her own crazy story, the experiences of Lester's daughter when going to school and meeting a very strange guy, who would later be her boyfriend.

It shows one of life's most revealing phases, when insctincts stop being repressed and people start acting upon them. It shows a rebellious spirit finally showing his discontent with how life is. It handles some things related to anger, youth, sex, lies, homosexuality, drugs, infidelity, angst and death. 

I'd recommend everyone to watch it if you haven't yet. You won't be sorry!