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2/23/21 morris campbell used to be cool now its tired 9/07/19 Karen_S very shallow characters with predictable ending 10/30/16 morris campbell good portrait of life in the suburbs 3/05/15 stanley welles flaws and all,its entertainingly intelligent and visually impressive 3/01/15 lordofthejimmy this is NOT ART, this is JUST SEX WITH HUMOR 2/19/15 Chris Jarmick over-rated, excellent performances, wicked humor 11/28/13 Amy I thought it worked too hard at being cerebral. 10/28/13 Ja Nevertheless I liked it 9/03/13 Meghan Malicoat Amazing movie, beautifully done. 12/09/12 Simon Spacey is iconic here. Artful direction, purposeful acting, loaded topical themes 12/05/12 Delbert Overrated. 9/30/12 VLTampa I loved the charectors in this. Bought this when it first came out 1/26/12 C.M. Chan Overrated 10/11/11 sonu want to see this movie 9/05/11 sylvia jastrzebski def. a movie to see more then once - great story ! 7/02/11 Jennifer B pretty good 6/08/11 Harry Sra No words to describe the beauty of this movie! 11/11/10 Lundon Bond amazing and nothing has been made that is like it and nothing ever will 10/10/10 Dymphna Kahl The story & especially the music wunderbar, ausgezeichnet ( excellent). 9/26/10 Jennifer kimberly love it 6/19/10 Heather it kept me on my toes almost haunting 2/17/10 art THIS WAS MENA SUVARI"S BEST,her WORST WAS THE MYsteries of Pittsburg! 1/16/10 Jeff Wilder Effective 1/03/10 Nick Brilliant but pretty dark stuff 12/30/09 Dane Youssef The greatest film ever made in this humble man's opinion. Haunting, soul-opening 11/15/09 Josh Just like the title describes, this movie was in fact beautiful in every way 10/25/09 art ANY FILM with MENA SUVARI TAKING A BATH,can't be ALL THAT BAD! 10/22/09 Rachel I really could not stand this movie. 2/14/09 Lester Burnham Fantastic! Loved it! 1/20/09 kiki great for freudian analysis 1/07/09 Shaun Wallner Wonderful story. 12/02/08 Jimmy dark 11/08/08 Abby Meyer Horrible message! 10/31/08 tiffany pettey one of the best psychological thrillers and good 9/14/08 Samantha Pruitt depressing yet funny, pretty deep 8/14/08 Melissa This was a very sad movie to me 6/03/08 PAUL SHORTT REVELS IN IT'S MEAN-SPIRITED SARCASM AND IT'S CHAMPIONING OF SELF-INTEREST 3/05/08 Nicholas Plowman A remarkable debut that will never go out of fashion, a true classic 3/03/08 ladavies A true classic 3/01/08 Jackie Pure brilliance 11/16/07 Paul Crutchfield Good movie, G-13. 10/24/07 Ivana Mann A pathetic Grand Guignol exercise in first-grade existentialism for the retarded.Hype=gyp! 8/23/07 kitty_cute Is apart of real life in society now 7/17/07 fools♫gold Could'vebeenjust as lovingly lovely as "The Chumscrubber" if there was anything surprising. 6/11/07 Alex Its just one's man's view of his life--unrealistic and yet so possible--the stuff of dreams 4/27/07 Dark Enchantress great tragic movie! 4/17/07 Tracey Chambers great movie. kevin spacey is cool. 4/07/07 Mike Great film! Kinda weird but I surprisingly loved it 3/17/07 mb Not For Me ... Corrupt Story 3/01/07 CBoz A long-winded, cliche view of Suburbia, dispite Spacey's efforts 2/05/07 Lorianne Excellent 1/25/07 Matt Okay, but all those Oscars? It must have been a shit year at the movies. 1/03/07 Ronin A movie pretending a little too much to be deep, still catching. 12/01/06 Paul To all the people who hate this film... what were you watching? It's a masterpiece! 11/30/06 David Pollastrini boring, dull, etc. 10/01/06 Malisa the plot was a little boring, but had a funny sex scene and great acting. 10/01/06 Beau great acting, great storyline and funny sex scene. Great masterpeice and an enjoyable film 9/21/06 Good Films I thought it was the fakest portrayal of suburban life I seen. Spacey kissed in the rain. 9/20/06 loui most amazing film i have ever seen... 9/01/06 Mr Bayg Good movie, but promotes pedophilia. Sucks butt. Crap. 7/14/06 Drew Francis This is a must see 6/25/06 MP Bartley Spacey is amazing...film and obvious plot machinations less so. 6/04/06 Jon I LUV SECKS 5/03/06 Christopher Lindstrom It makes you feel and think...not for everyone 3/31/06 Stewart Morally corrupt and hateful characters abound in this gloriously overrated trash. 2/19/06 Major Bludd Amazing movie 1/25/06 Mr. Durden One of the best movies of its decade. 1/12/06 cooler overrated pretensious garbage.Mendes trying to be Kubrick.What a joke.Spacey rules though 12/26/05 JD SIMPLY ...PERFECT.11/10 nothing does it like this. best movie ive ever seen. mak me cry 12/23/05 cody a best picture winner, good acting, good story, and even good directing, but little slow 11/23/05 John Dog Brilliant movie. 11/21/05 Kurtis J. Beard Brilliant. That is all. 11/17/05 Robert Braunfeld Brilliant mix of feelings & emotions 11/17/05 MrsVoorheesBabyBoy A thought provoking movie 11/04/05 JamesCole American Poopy. Monumentally overrated pretentious swill. 10/24/05 Shamus Conveys message in the worst manner, and it's not even that deep a message. 10/09/05 P toya Maybe a Marxist state better?. 18 year old Wes too wise for his age. 10/06/05 Johnny Shut up, you guys! It's a classic. 9/26/05 Daveman Too smug and pretentious for words, fantastic score though. 9/24/05 D Buckley eh... I suppose 9/13/05 ray mero Liked this movie, but absolutely loved Ball's follow-up: Six Feet Under 9/07/05 paki_munda a mainstream version of "safe." disappointing! 9/05/05 Dinkus McGorn An art film for people who undersand nothing about art. 8/19/05 TheOthersFan Artsy fartsy depiction of a man who replaces his personal relationships with pot 8/11/05 Moobur Total cliche. 7/26/05 Ivy def seen better! 5/27/05 Lord Haw Haw Build straw men, burn them. Yippee. 5/17/05 Doug McC this movie went above and beyond my expectations 5/07/05 Bluto Spacey and Cooper are great 5/07/05 Michelle Gerardot great in every way 5/04/05 Cindy Lovell Excellent any way you look at it 5/01/05 MeredithL Great movie! Sharp, sophisticated 4/12/05 Indrid Cold Not quite a classic, but very very good. 3/23/05 Michael Lloyd funny, beautiful and brilliant 3/23/05 Alice Colwell loved it 2/18/05 Margot Copeland In My collection 2/06/05 eworm Must see....it's a good reflection on life. 1/31/05 Wendy S. Mind Blowing! 1/29/05 dana hammell very interesting twists and turns 1/26/05 PaulBryant it's a classic, what can you say 1/01/05 Terry V great movie...a must see!! 12/19/04 Matt F. One of the only films of the last 10 years to win best picture and deserve it 11/23/04 James2002 People say that this movie reflect the middle class life in US. I am notsure whether it i 10/21/04 mani wow, 10/20/04 Helen Bradley Wierd great acting and script 10/13/04 Desperado A movie that moved me possibly more than any other Absolute Perfection one of the best ever 8/22/04 Snickerdoodle WOW, I saw this movie in an English class and would love to see it again. 8/16/04 Peter James Spacy may actually be better then his riveting performance in The Usual Suspects 8/13/04 Elena This movie actually did change my life, clicheed but true 7/27/04 Paul Carone You didn't like it? Look closer... 7/19/04 AlaskanReviewer An American Classic! 7/19/04 N. Christopher Bell This movie bored me. 7/13/04 Daveman Mr. Sommersby here thinks the 'burbs is an "engaging delight", nuff said. 7/07/04 Denise Duspiva not a fast moving story but good 7/06/04 nigger is was so special to me.. i cried when i seen the parer bag 6/30/04 Phillip i want a deprogrammer to make me forget this horrid ..MOVIE! 6/20/04 Rock Hound Totally objectionable, except for Suvari, a fine Viagra substitute. 6/15/04 Daz Meh, nothing special, I fell asleep. Borrrring. 6/10/04 T. Maj Like suburbia, boring and unoriginal 5/15/04 ggrmpf it's so puritan at the end! 5/12/04  Shaun Rose Great movie, Hate that kid with the fucking plastic bag 5/08/04 DM I want more where this came from. 5/06/04 Ross Perverse yearning 4/30/04 Read it, Seen it, Done it They shoot, they score!! 4/26/04 Ryan Mena Suvari is fucking hot! 4/15/04 gordon purcell Beautiful, deep and multilayered-strongly written characters, well directed 4/14/04 Charlene Javier Excellent. Enough said. 4/12/04 Hilarium Here we go again, Sommersby being the contrarian. 4/11/04 Peter Loved this film 4/10/04 Monster W. Kung 'Not since Titanic'! That was in 1997, this in 1999; Sommersby, put down the crack pipe. 4/10/04 Amerigo Vespukey Regressing to adolescence is not an interesting storyline. Fatalistic/moralistic turd-pie 4/01/04 Sian Williams Josh Komen is Fukn hot~! 3/29/04 I love Joel There is just no film like it 3/23/04 Lord Haw Haw Am I the only one who didn't like this thing? Build straw men, burn them. Yippee. 3/20/04 Marcia Scurfield Ya gotta love those midlife crisis movies! 3/16/04 Seija Anderson Amazing. I can watch it over and over and never get sick of it. 2/19/04 MP Bartley Weird.I'll watch it one week and love it, watch it the next and be bored. Spacey rules. 1/27/04 john bale Best film about American life since "Kill a Mockingbird". A cinema classic. Spacey excells 1/23/04 Elena Disguised, perhaps by its mediocre setting, American Beauty is the most original film ever. 12/29/03 Michael E Just watched it again for 4th time - It still keeps getting better 12/28/03 JimmyC Excellent 12/05/03 Agent Sands (previously Mr. Hat) The best screenplay of all time. 11/26/03 he a great film 11/23/03 Mary Spacey, I like. This movie was rediculous. 11/22/03 smartmusician Unmissable, Spectacular. My favorite film ***** 11/07/03 Zeemin and Holly depressing, wierd, funny when he says "I rule" 10/20/03 Carrie One of the most philosophical and thought-provoking movies ever created. 10/11/03 Darryl This is, without a doubt, one of the worst movies ever made. Pointless. 9/17/03 Neil Forster Would you like smiley sauce with that? 9/07/03 Tiffany This movie makes no sense. The characters play good but there is no point in watching this. 9/07/03 Kyle Yeah, Spacey is a great actor, but this was DUMB! STUPID! DUMB! STUPID! DUMB! STUPID! DUMB! 8/13/03 Jeannie Karlsen This movie is amasing! Kevin Spacy is one of the finest actors of our time! 8/10/03 Cherie The most wonderful movie I've ever seen. 8/05/03 Lester Burnham Look at me jerking off in the shower. This will be the high point of my day. 7/31/03 omar "surfur" youssef One of the finest pictures ever made. Brilliant from beginning to end. 7/29/03 Jake I totally agree with Ryan F. this movie is artsy unrealistic and gay. 7/24/03 Muzza RED everywhere its a comspiracy!!! 7/01/03 Jonesey A wonderful movie, cynical and honest at the same time, touching without being sentimental. 5/20/03 Ryan F. As far from a masterpiece as you can get. Overrated, unmoving, and tasteless. 5/18/03 George Jung The greatest film of the modern era. 5/06/03 King of the Kebabs One of the most pretentious films ever made. Spacey does zilch to warrant an Oscar 4/28/03 Megan Heathcote This movie portrays what a life is supposed to be like, this film shows the real life!! 4/16/03 Jon "Thumb the Toad" Lyrik A masterpiece. 4/07/03 Mystique I like this movie! 3/31/03 Rebecca Stereotyped Contrived Characters 3/14/03 scott lihou are those menas breasts you see when kevin spacey is about to fuck her? or a body double? 3/12/03 Butterball Cenobite well-crafted, bitter satire of suburbia; but overly cynical and not always true 3/09/03 Jack Sommersby Overrated, overstated, and obvious. Spacey, though, is superb. 3/01/03 cinkcool yep 2/19/03 Ultron A highly overrated film. 2/10/03 Kevin Spacey If anyone needs me, I'll be in the shower jerking off. 1/21/03 Pinkline Jones Overrated schlock. Kevin Spacey did nothing worthy of an Oscar. What a joke. 1/20/03 dan Phony, pretentious trash. Glorifies the worst tendencies of 70s butt-rock culture 1/06/03 Kyle ...who are you? Stop rating movies with my name. 1/05/03 Bob Dong Fan-Fucking-Tastic, Kev is a star 1/02/03 Sam Potter Extremely unique, beautifully acted, filmed, written and directed. 1/01/03 Jon A great screenplay performed and produced impeccably. 11/26/02 patrick touching. 11/25/02 Quentin Beck It really shows how fake films can be. Totally unrealistic stereotypical garbage. 11/15/02 Big Ted Best Film of 1999. 11/12/02 Didn'tReallyLikeAmericanBeauty It was OK, esp the rising action to the climax, but the dialogue sucked and ... 10/28/02 Charles Tatum This wins Best Picture, yet people still complain about Hollywood product 10/21/02 Chiend For those who get their kicks wallowing in the misery of others. 10/19/02 Paul very overrated 10/06/02 Zargo 82%...? some people are confused... 9/08/02 Movie guy A GOOD FLM 8/31/02 Robbie Banfitch when you have such an emotional reaction to a movie you know its got a lot goin for it 8/27/02 Bob MacBryce Brilliant 7/28/02 Jon One of the best screenplays ever, capped with excellent performances all around. 7/23/02 TheChronic you cant' dislike this movie, I wanted to but it's too well done, thru and thru. 7/11/02 KMG Wes Bentley's film about the plastic bag in the breeze made me cry 7/09/02 Film Guy Wow what a great movie. It's a little depressing in the end, but still wow 7/07/02 Girl 9 Extremely OVERRATED 6/28/02 erick best film ive seen in a long fuckin time! i saw it, and imediatly watched again, I LOVED IT 6/17/02 Film Dude Pretty fuckin thought provoking... 6/13/02 Pips stud SUKS 6/01/02 The Conscience Objector The Best Movie I Have Ever Seen, Kevin Spacy is awesome, excellent writing 5/31/02 doug Ranks right up there with 'Requiem For A Dream' 5/31/02 I'm in (L) with a Jedi mmmm....very very good, a truly beautiful movie, mena was fabulous, as well as wes & thora 5/27/02 Phuong "Andre" "Me-Me-Me" Nguyen top flaming notch except for Mena shitty Suvari 5/24/02 Charles Tatum A definitely different film 5/18/02 Jon Artus Strangely compelling. Mena Suvari topless. 'Nuff Said. 5/16/02 Darlene Groetz The movie in which Mena Suvari became a zombie of the tragic wands. 4/21/02 Shams Huque Occasionally hilarious. Very well made. Excellent actors 4/11/02 Movie Expert Biggest problem with American Beauty is that the movie has a boring script 4/04/02 Harris Best film of all time! Amazing performances. 3/07/02 Mo Anand I had to see it a couple times to really appreciate it...spacey's best performance 3/04/02 Jenny Tullwartz Unintentional farce- so it ain't PC to seduce young girl - get murdered by wife instead! 3/01/02 Alan Smithee Slighly overracted (mainly Annette Benning) but overall a story very well told. 3/01/02 Sam Tuthill Best movie ever (tied with Memento) 3/01/02 Chowie Beautiful, kevin spacey is creepy though, mena is so WAY out of his league 2/26/02 Bart Shore Loved it at home and in the theatre. 2/23/02 lizzietizzie anyone who didnt like this is most likely white trash... 2/23/02 Shrike American bullshit revealed in all its beauty... 2/20/02 luda hoe elliot and tyler: please do society a favor and kill yourselves 1/13/02 Flick Chick entertaining - disturbing, but entertaining. 12/19/01 Jessica My FAV MOVIE! read the script- I have seen it over 15 times, 12/10/01 slappy jacks andrew carden should be shot! this film is dazzling a perfect portrait of american truth 11/30/01 Jeff Wilson I live in the suburbia.... The first film to portray it down to a tee 11/20/01 daniboy a masterpiece. every single shot 11/13/01 Allyson Archer Honest and yet disturbing but awesome 11/11/01 Andrew Robinson Brilliant 9/22/01 Adam If you're not a middle-aged man (I am) you won't understand much of this film. 9/02/01 Butterbean So far the best I've seen Spacey. The pot dealer rocked! 8/31/01 spaceworm Best empty bag in a movie ever. 8/29/01 Henry Ginsberg Kevin Spacey definately deserved the best actor oscar.His performance was perfect. 8/23/01 Stonedog Celluloid window into human behaviour. A real beauty. 8/20/01 4907 Total nonsense. Just exagerated characters doing stupid things. NOT REALISTIC! 8/15/01 christina paciolla a beautiful classic american film 8/08/01 E-Funk Perfect. Story, plot, characters, music compostion, emotion...everything. A masterpiece. 7/31/01 Vixor the best movie ever made. i loved it 7/27/01 Henry Ginsberg All round great movie . 7/18/01 Stu Another Spacy spectatular. 7/10/01 M Beautiful 7/08/01 Caligula a fake, phony, smug and superficial piece of shit 7/08/01 Roy Smith Beautifully made but basically lefty and soulless. 7/05/01 Craig Blanchard One word.... PATHETIC! 7/03/01 jim dyer kevin spacey rocks 6/25/01 Lars Pettersson A true masterpiece. The best film since Cinema Paradiso! Kevin Spacey rules!!! 5/21/01 St. Louis Rams Fan 4 Life Masterpiece, cinematography was excellent 5/04/01 Dennis O'connor Really good movie... Refreshing depth in "A.B." 5/04/01 drag freakin the best actually a movie without the bombs and guns crap. 5/02/01 kevin peters Best movie of the year 4/30/01 Darren Linn Amazing 4/28/01 The Jedi Droid Loved it, 4/17/01 fred was great... could have done without the tit scenes though... the neighbor was hot too.. ha 4/15/01 Tam One of the best films I've ever seen. Ricky's character steals every scene. 4/09/01 ChErRyRiPe This movie was touching and revealed what true beauty is 4/04/01 Hawkeye I saw it 3 times in the theater and still want to watch it again. It's really that good. 4/03/01 spin.hs grrreat !!! 3/29/01 Richard Wright Anyone who doesn't like this film is SAD. It is a bit too preoccupied with sex tho.. 3/19/01 TNT-6 Very good, but the "bad" scene was artsy crap (and not deep AT ALL). 3/17/01 Chinky Zach tits baby 2/28/01 Ticiana Maria Ramos de Castro I thought it was better 2/15/01 JT Alderman Amazing! A Definite Must! 2/12/01 Jake Quite simply one of the best. 2/11/01 LOOBER It's good but not all that. Not the best film of the year 2/09/01 KyLe*BrOfLoVsKi My mother hated it. My mother is a JOKE!! 2/06/01 m Finnally a deserving oscar-winner. Great script. 2/05/01 Classicdog Great movie!!! Spacey is the man! 2/03/01 Sour Girl I left the theater in a daze...six viewings later my head was still spinning 2/01/01 Dan Waldman Lester Burbank has just become my own personal hero. 1/20/01 James Quinn Iused to be just like the kid and now I'm Spacey. I mean ... I could really relate! 1/14/01 Action freak Excellent movie 1/01/01 Emily my favorite movie. of all. 12/31/00 Dwight McClusky Such a great film, I can't recommend it more highly 12/27/00 TomServo mbvk 12/17/00 Tom Kevin Spacey certainly deserved the oscar! 12/16/00 john rock 12/09/00 ali moonandsun11@hotmail.com 12/07/00 Tdis72 Kevin Spacey is the bomb! The best movie I've seen in a long time! 12/02/00 scott wahls those who were offended were merely looking into a mirror and were frightened! loved it! 11/28/00 SP not your typical suburban drama and thank goodness for that 11/28/00 Cristopher Revilla great movie with a good message 11/17/00 bob mitchell kevin s. gave a good version of a man giving up and going with the flow.a-1 mid-life crises 11/14/00 Vito Corleone well writtem, great cast, witty and sour 11/13/00 Mikey Great message, entertaining. 11/03/00 john linton roberson Truly sad, truly beautiful;a nearly perfect film. 11/03/00 Trina one to watch over and over 10/26/00 JC23 Along with "Three Kings" and "Bringing out the dead" the best of 1999 10/24/00 Clarance FANTASTIC DEPITCION OF LIFE AND IT'S CYNICAL IDEALS! 10/13/00 Ant This is quite a brilliant film. The acting, screenplay and directing is superb 10/08/00 TRIPPYSC39 It wasn't the best movie I have seen but not bad. It was a tad bit overrated though 10/06/00 Bender Its laughable when it tries to be series, but its still entertaining. 10/01/00 Madoc69 Solid moive but not the year best that goes to Three Kings 9/21/00 White Rabbit I cannot put into words how beautiful this film is 9/14/00 PJ overrated, but still pretty good, especially Benning 9/09/00 MIKE IT WAS FUN. 9/09/00 Jed Overrated and NOT the best movie of 1999 by any means but not bad at all. 9/08/00 neilb its all been said already 9/07/00 Tdis72 One of my favorites of all time. Kevin Spacey is the shit! My favorite actor for life! 9/05/00 Melis for me? tremendously sad. brilliant performances all around 8/11/00 Justin One of the best movies EVER, certainly the best of 1999, brilliant and spacey rocks!!!!!!!! 8/07/00 Rob It was very good... I loved it. 8/07/00 Viling The best film I've seen in quite a whi;e 8/06/00 Jed CPB does have a taste just a disagreeable one. Great film but not the best of 1999. 8/02/00 k.j.tomko Awesome. 8/01/00 IBDN Desreving of its best picture award 8/01/00 courte This film is absolutely amazing. 8/01/00 perverted pixie CPB you have no taste! This film is magnificent, and much funnier than I'd expected. 7/27/00 Tommy Boy Yeah, it was fun to watch, but for satire see FIGHT CLUB 7/20/00 Lester The best! 7/16/00 Ken Hands down the best movie of all time. Look Closer. 7/15/00 matt cool 7/15/00 Tim great movie..kevin spacey is awesome as a bad ass 7/11/00 Jami The film is amazing.I don't care what any of you fucking idiots think.The best of 99 7/04/00 Bruce Not the best of 99', but still a great movie 6/29/00 PJ great acting, pretty good movie, but jeeze overated, people think its the second coming, ok 6/24/00 Lester Burnham This movie kicked ass! 6/20/00 Visc This film deserved all of it's praise and more 6/17/00 Roger Clemente I'm glad I'm not the only who noticed the incredible size of Mena and Thora's nipples. 6/13/00 Jommy Jomes It's excellent.Fuck you all. 6/12/00 DAVID A great great movie but just a tad overrated!!! 6/10/00 Bender American Loonies. Overlong, but pretty good Comedy-drama. 5/31/00 Jed It almost (but not quite) desreved all of its hype. 5/25/00 fire-n-ice it was good but kinda confusing in the end does anyone know who killed him? 5/15/00 LoonyGoon Probably my favorite movie ever. Always puts me in a good mood. 5/15/00 Monday Morning Way above average but after all the buildup was expecting more 5/14/00 PJ Good one greensweater, "made you think" come on, the movie was real good but overrated 5/11/00 LINA CANTIN WOW.. WOT CAN I SAY.. DA BEST MOVIE IVE SEEN... MAKES U THINK DONT IT !!! IT AWED ME ... 5/11/00 greensweater Reminded me of Three's Company at the end 5/04/00 Alan Stuart The filmmakers meant well but tried to do too much. Not all risks succeed. 4/24/00 John Lyons Wonderful movie! Loved Annette Bening & Kevin Spacey. 4/13/00 Lisa The Best Movie I have ever seen. It rocks 4/09/00 EMagGaRony one of the best movies i've ever seen... kevin spacey and wes bentley kick ass 4/06/00 Daria Brilliant movie. 4/05/00 Girl9 Great writing, wonderful acting, VERY overrated! 4/03/00 Clara bet movie in years 4/03/00 PJ Not exactly the best movie of the year, Magnolia gets that one, ending a little contrived 4/01/00 Captain Highcrime Careful guys, it can happen to you too. 4/01/00 Kim Olsen It made me wonder about my own life and the life of others 3/30/00 Iax I loved this movie it was possibly the best film ever created, it was a gorgeous film 3/30/00 steve I am glad this won best picture 3/29/00 escherIV This film is art. Art at its best. 3/28/00 TIGGER Oh my god! Kevin and Annette were fabulous.As well as Mena and Thora and Wes. 3/27/00 Lame-Oh magnifique, dude! 3/27/00 kate newbould "superb..." 3/25/00 ryan great 3/25/00 Piz The origininality of the script makes it better than what it was cinematically, it's good. 3/24/00 Lesley i thought it a bit slow but otherwise great 3/23/00 bronwyn sharp disturbing,poignant,witty.it examines a way of life so ordinary and extraordinary. 3/18/00 Ricky I think I'm in love with an American Beauty. 3/18/00 Mr Glute Sublime majesty. The best film I've seen for many years. Unmissable. Seriously, go see this 3/16/00 JRG I loved it. If that's what a mid-life crises is, I can't 'til I have one. 3/15/00 Justine Briggs This movie will win best picture 3/15/00 Richard Wright excellent 3/14/00 Chloe Sesta Jacobs FANTASTIC! Kevin Spacey at his best. 3/13/00 Ed This is a mezmerizing movie, it should win best picture 3/10/00 Kate Weaver Stunning movie. Could see it again and again. 3/05/00 Andi Randell Memserising - story, photography, acting!! 3/05/00 ALIaS whod have thought it possible to cover nearly ever human neurosis in 2 hours:a masterpiece 3/05/00 vic flawless and heartbreaking 3/04/00 Doug Ledingham Brillant beyond all words to describe it 3/03/00 Drusilla Kewl film. 3/03/00 Froggirl Kick ass! Awsome acting, humor, great camera work, it had it all. It will win Oscars 3/01/00 k.tomkowski Excellent, funny at times, touching and tender. Will win a few Oscars. 3/01/00 nathan best film of the last 10 years 2/28/00 Rachem Best written film I've ever seen... Kevin Spacey is a god among men. 2/27/00 Kevin Cho, movie-buff The greatest film of this year - fantastically written, you can't hate it. 2/26/00 "Persnickety "Jenn this movie is nothing short of a work of art, truly amazing, fantastic, bravo kevin! 2/26/00 JimBob real dark humor, psycho- analysis advised for all characters in this film 2/25/00 bullit17 Amazing performances all-around. Just a great, intelligent, engaging movie. 2/21/00 Marc Best fucking movie I've ever seen in my life. The most real and intelligent film ever made 2/21/00 Obi Wan Oscars here we come!!! Kevin Spacey is "Da Man" . . .Can I give 7 Stars? 2/20/00 Melissa Amazing that the Academy recognized a film as good as this one. 2/20/00 Pearl Best movie I've seen so far extremely inteligent,kevin spacey is brilliant 2/15/00 Neil Austin Has a plastic bag every been so good? 2/14/00 k.tomkowski Superb directing and soundtrack, but is America only twisted ? 2/13/00 Michael Drew Over-rated; a sad reflection on American beauty 2/13/00 "Persnickety "Jenn this is a true work of art, Bravo kevin! 2/11/00 Skye Chapman too true. wonderful! 2/11/00 Daniel Hodgson One of the best films in 20 years spacey is amazing Again!! 2/10/00 Danny & Sharon This movie kicks butt 10/10 2/07/00 Andi Randell Kev you've got it!! 2/05/00 Richard Wright Amazing acting, superb comedy, brilliant script.,Simply put, an outstanding film. 2/05/00 Josh Spacey is GOD 2/05/00 Kyle Broflovski BRILLIANT!! My $7 was so not wasted, for a change. :-) 2/03/00 macknife Shakespeare and Bobby Darin Rule!!..Thanx, American Beauty!! 2/01/00 Matthew Smith One of the great films of the year, no questions asked. 2/01/00 Joel Harwood Excellent i laugh so hard none stop people may think it is depressing but i don't think so 1/31/00 Stu Beautiful and moving, not a wasted frame. Spacey was superb. 1/30/00 barbara h At least the best film in recent years for me. 1/29/00 Úna Stays with you 1/27/00 Mic I saw this movie a month ago at a special screening. One of the (if not THE) best of 1999. 1/21/00 MAXOMENOS This movie blew me away and opened my eyes. It kept me captivated and was full of surprises 1/10/00 Ken Spacey can be anyone he damn well pleases. 1/09/00 mclennan perhaps you don't know have a clue why this film rates so well. You will someday. 1/09/00 Linda Poignant...more true than words can say 1/08/00 Mic Stunning. Spacey is brilliant. 1/05/00 Gregory i loved this movie 12/31/99 Tyson Stewart Kevin Spacey is excellent. The screenplay is very witty. Some things don't work at all. 12/19/99 Kendra the best social commentary of the 90's 12/16/99 Ezra Xenos Kevin Spacey is absolutely brilliant, he alone makes this movie terrific. 12/12/99 Beno I am Lester this is my story. 12/11/99 Obi Wan This movie had it all...loved it the second time even more!! 12/03/99 The King of the Bros Makes me wanna have a mid-life crisis! 12/01/99 Bozo Worth it for Wes Bentley only; rest was predictable 11/28/99 Ryan Phillipe gets hit by a car and it Rules!!! So enigmatic so gellatenous, It rains it bellows like a sad defeated lemer on the graksnor? 11/27/99 Gloris So sad so real 11/22/99 George Nedelchev A work of genius and it is hard to point out who exactly he is. A work of geniuses. 11/21/99 mard if clinton was not president this could be a docu movie of his suburban life 11/20/99 Pavlova27 The reality of surburbia, not what it's all cracked up to be. Excellent film!! 11/18/99 bishopj@pumpkinsfan.com If Spacey doesn't recieve an Oscar, I'm writing my Congressman. 11/17/99 The Buffy Chick Whoa Baby!!! 11/16/99 Heather Satirical look at the downside of the American Dream, funny movie 11/16/99 seldom scene a perfect movie about an imperfect world 11/14/99 John The best of the year. 11/14/99 Starry Knight One of the best flicks I've EVER seen 11/09/99 Beth Lee great film 11/08/99 richardthe one of the few movies that doesn't feel like youv'e seen it all before 11/07/99 Mickey More Brilliant, inspiring, hilariously twisted. Brilliantly acted down to the smallest parts. 11/07/99 Podbrey beauty hurts (hell, life couldn't be easy could it?) 11/06/99 Kevin Cho - Movie Junkie An absolutely BRILLANT movie - humorous, wonderful, emotional - Simply OSCAR worthy 11/05/99 Emu Gnorfly Ozzie and Harriet melds into Pulp Fiction, set in the Twilight Zone 11/04/99 Jonathan Pinkerton This defines Oscar worthy performances 11/02/99 Jqirish A tragedy that left me feeling good about life 11/01/99 Magus Entire philosophies would be well placed if they were fonuded on this movie 10/29/99 Biter Amazing as hell, I don't think I've ever seen such a powerful and shattering film. Superb 10/29/99 Mary Louise Matheson Best movie I've seen in years. 10/26/99 Daniel Some of you need to Look Closer.. 10/26/99 pipeman Excellent, excellent film. Don't miss it. 10/25/99 Leslie It was totally different than I expected, and a little scary. 10/25/99 jillian george y2k is all about drilling the US subconscious this is the pinical thus far cious 10/16/99 Kate Incredible performances by all. My favorite movie so far this year! 10/16/99 Hawkboy THIS MOVIE IS SUPER-DUPER! I LOVE THE MOLE! I really wanna fuck him, too. 10/14/99 Tom Let's not get carried away, entertaining yes, but fucking awesome - no. 10/14/99 Elijah Wonderful, wonder piece of work. One of the top 5 movies of the year. 10/14/99 The Movie Man I can't believe so many of you missed the point!!! 10/14/99 Sam Phillips Just saw it. One of the movies that has changed my outlook on life. 10/13/99 GDB Look at Hawkboy trying to be cutting edge....how cute. 10/12/99 the Grinch Hawk, fuck you. You have no integrity as a reviewer, but it was funny at least. 10/12/99 C.A.T.M. 1,000 times better than the incredible word of mouth! 10/12/99 Josh Heavy! 10/12/99 George great movie, you might live next to these kind of people, but don't know it-maybe it's YOU 10/12/99 Jon so far my favorite movie of the yeargreat movie 10/11/99 ZuG This was so amazing, the artistry of it all just captivated me. 10/11/99 Russell Burlingame One of the 3 best movies of the year 10/11/99 Maxx one of the best flicks i've ever seen 10/11/99 Alexis Well it's nice to know that someone has a more fucked up life than mine. 10/10/99 Weird Andy not bad. 10/10/99 Sam Astounding. The ending is not exactly unexpected, but still shocking in its visuals. 10/10/99 me cool flick 10/10/99 Dax One of the year's best - after Sixth Sense, Blair Witch, and Matrix in my opinion 10/10/99 Michelle It was pretty fucking great! Great review ADogg 10/09/99 Sam Gonzalez this movie was beautiful... 10/09/99 John First movie I've seen in a long time that the audience spontanouesly cheered for. See it! 10/09/99 stephanie hairston a wonderful work of art that makes you take a step back and look closer at your own life 10/07/99 Biter "American Beauty" shines with scathing wit and heartbreaking honesty. A triumph 10/07/99 SJKelley Two days later, the film's characters still resonate. Just short of Oscar-worthy. 10/06/99 Spankasaurus very insightful movie....and it gave me an erection too 10/06/99 Glitter Berry There IS so much beauty in the world...Changes your whole perspective of the world 10/05/99 matricaria this one's gonna haunt me for the rest of my life 10/04/99 Obi Wan Off Da Hook!! Kevin Spacey is da shit!!! A Must See!! 10/04/99 Haden A great film, don't miss it 10/03/99 Sam Solidly acted and beautifully shot 10/03/99 annie A MASTERPIECE!!! Kevin Spacey is brilliant! 10/03/99 entropy Well rounded, great acting, excelent plot. 10/03/99 Suzanne But so many people just don't get it - Intellectually crippled America wants Runaway Bride. 10/03/99 enlightened Grinch ,the last part of your review sees the Light. 10/03/99 Katie Amazing all around 10/02/99 Matt One of the Greatest Movies EVER 10/02/99 Rubik Please go see it so Hollywood will make more movies like this one. 10/02/99 Z best movie in a long, long time 10/01/99 Stephanie Kishi Kick Ass movie! 9/30/99 brittspie BELIEVE THE HYPE!!! This is an incredible film. 9/30/99 Hugh G. Rection 5 stars...just to see that hottie's boobs..ok, time to go to the shower 9/30/99 majawat wow 9/30/99 Colin Makes you laugh and think at the same time. What better qualities can you ask from a film? 9/29/99 John Bittel Best of 99! 9/29/99 Jeff Awesome movie. Captures the zeitgeist well. 9/28/99 Rob A flawed but otherwise a-ok essay on beauty & fear. 9/28/99 Jen M. Absolutely wonderful. Best film I've seen in a long time 9/28/99 Chris Glorious. Painful. Hilarious. Spacey and Benning are both outstanding. 9/28/99 Bill Freckman Modern America in a "Nutshell" 9/28/99 Ami the Wonderbread This movie with fuck with your mind and your soul, and question your reality 9/28/99 the Grinch Superfly nailed it. Best frikkin film of the year, easily! 9/27/99 jenn "Blu Smrf" this is the coolest, best movie i have seen in nearly a year, maybe life! it rocks! 9/25/99 Hob Gadling personally touching and visually moving 9/25/99 Malbert Best movie I've seen this year 9/25/99 kev Truly one of the best things put on celluloid!! 9/24/99 Matthew Briggs practically perfect in every way 9/24/99 ProfJim Not a single false note. Kevin Spacey (who is a god) shows it is never too late to wake up 9/23/99 sydney absolutely, positively perfect! 9/22/99 Timbo Ryan Philippe is not in this movie 9/22/99 Blubberbot Great film. That's all that needs to be said. 9/21/99 www.outermost.net A great movie - A great Script - Great Acting -- The only movie you HAVE to see this year! 9/20/99 Steve Reed writing, direction, acting, cinematography — perfection, 9/18/99 Jason Nordwick Kevin Space is wonderful. The story and symbolism are superb. Mena Suvari is hella cute. 9/18/99 Mr Showbiz Pencil Kevin Spacey in now as a Best Actor nominee. 9/17/99 Harry Lime An amazing movie. Sheer poetry on film. SEE THIS MOVIE! 9/17/99 Ratso Speaking as a man who lives in a Suburban Hell, thank you for making this movie. 9/16/99 Jeff Michels One could hate it for the heavy handed symbolism, but it works and comes out a classic

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