: American Beauty
Excellent film. Not as brilliantly original as some said (it rehashes themes from many other works, including Death of a Salesman), nor especially scandalous, but well done and well directed. The ending was predictable, and there wasn’t as much depth as could have been included, but I liked the characters (especially Ricky) and the structure of the story. The casting of the much talked about Mena Suvari was a mistake, as she’s unique-looking and her character’s supposed to be pretty, but not extraordinary. Thus her character’s revelation at the end fell flat, like when you see a beauty complaining about how ugly she is. I also didn’t like the one-dimensional portrait of Ricky’s father, a stereotypical gay-hater (Please, Hollywood, can’t we come up with an original idea?), but overall it’s worth seeing.
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