American Beauty

IMDb

8.3/10

Rated

R

American Beauty is a 1999 drama directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a bored advertising writer who wakes up from years of routine after meeting his daughter's friend Angela. While his ambitious wife Carolyn, played by Annette Bening, chases success, and their daughter Jane bonds with the strange boy next door, Lester quits his job, buys his dream car and starts living by his own rules in a darkly funny look at suburban America.

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