Rating of
2.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/28/19
The once treasured, but now reviled "American Beauty" is a bitter farce attacking the hollowness of late-20th century suburbia that comes off as hypocritically hollow itself. Some of the acting is great, some not so great. I can't deny that it's brilliantly shot and directed, but junk is junk, no matter how you aim a camera at it.
