American Beauty

American Beauty

  • Director: Sam Mendes
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 1, 1999
  • Runtime: 2h 2min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Vẻ Đẹp Mỹ
  • "American Beauty" is an American film directed by Sam Mendes, starring Kevin Spacey , Annette Bening , Thora Birch, etc., and produced by DreamWorks. It takes a typical American middle-class family as an example to show all kinds of "cancers" hidden in the skin of American society. The film was released in 1999. 

    Details

    • Release date October 1, 1999
    • Filming locations Sacramento, California, USA
    • Production companies Dreamworks Pictures, Jinks/Cohen Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $15,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $130,096,601

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $861,531

    Gross worldwide

    $356,296,601

    Movie reviews

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    • By Spencer 2022-07-18 22:42:50

      American Beauty--Homosexuality And Sexuality

      Very cool freaks at the end of the whole film. The huge reversal made me change from 4 stars to 5 stars at once. A veteran who seems to be extremely anti-gay because he thought his son was a duck and kicked him out of the house, but he craved same-sex acts on the surface. Angela, who was beautiful and sexy, He was talking about his sexual affairs with different men when he turned out to be a virgin. A man who once had...

    • By Nat 2022-04-24 07:01:01

      Lust for life, respect existence

      Six or seven years ago, I read American beauty and thought it was about the absurdity, ugliness, and meaninglessness of life. Now, when I look at it again, I find that it is about life being absurd, meaningless but beautiful, and worth living.

      I once felt that there was a lot of pain beyond life, but no, since life is used as a carrier, it is not qualified to go beyond life. No pain is unbearable until the moment you die.

      Saw a review and wrote that Lester...

    • By Leonel 2022-04-24 07:01:01

      the ordinary life

      Before becoming artists, philosophers, psychologists, and scientists, as all living beings, our perspective and attitude towards things are only about our experience, memories and personality. This truth is rarely denied, but in life, When placed in the emotions we are trapped in, all kinds of illusions and self-righteousness always knock us into a daze.

      My father felt that my mother was too serious and hypocritical, and it was different from the beginning of youth and love. He always...

    • By Logan 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      American Beauty

      I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happen to me,

      but it's hard to stay mad when there is so much beauty in the world.

      Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much.
      My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.
      And then I remember to relax and stop trying to hold on to it.
      And then it flows through me like rain,

      and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life....

    • By Felix 2022-04-23 07:01:01

      thorn rose

      Everyone will inevitably encounter chaos at certain times of bad luck, but if you want to say that your life has been in chaos, I am afraid not many people are willing to admit it. A momentary embarrassment is acceptable, and no one is willing to endure a dislocation that lasts for too long, not to mention that more people are willing to see the beauty on the surface rather than the tearing truth. Like the famous poster of American Beauty, most people see the allure of roses, but few people...

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    • By Cathryn 2023-09-08 19:42:38

      foget the cover, remember the wierd but ordinary essence of...

    • By Paige 2023-09-06 07:48:16

      It turns out that the core of each person is not insightful for outsiders, and the strong body on the surface often harbors secret darkness and fear in the heart, so barriers are built. Life is dramatic enough to take time and emotion to look back on cherished, easy-to-miss people or your coveted life mentor, or your new setbacks and regrets. But what does it matter, whether the skeleton or the beautiful flesh is hidden under the rose, the exciting exploration is all on the attractive...

    • By Benny 2023-08-26 07:05:41

      Love the way the characters are portrayed in the Hollywood Ethics film! Distinctive and intricate personality! Makes you identify with what any character does. The process is fun to watch! Especially when Leicester saw Angela in the cheerleading team, he euthanized me~~~ It's just that he died too suddenly at the end! I really didn't expect it! !...

    • By Sunny 2023-07-07 15:14:28

      A Bad Life, contrary to its name, culminates in the last rainy night. When your life is clearly defined as narrow and low, under such a huge humiliation, I don't see mercy, but there are so many beautiful things in this world, if you hear their calling, you will Take solace in it and be led to real life. Even if it is just an extraordinary dream in the end, it will be as quiet and beautiful as autumn...

    • By Talia 2023-06-20 14:28:20

      Everyone is an island. So many people meet every day, even on a skin-to-skin blind date, but no one understands the person around them, and no one understands themselves. The storytelling is unusually wonderful. Everyone is tremblingly walking their own tightrope. Under the pressure, someone finally collapses, and the chain reaction generally takes off their masks. How to get back the enthusiasm lost by time, and how not to become a stupid...

    Movie plot

    Lester Burham has been alive for less than a year, and now there seems to be no sign of it...
    He lives in a peaceful suburb, and he has a beautiful wife, Caroline, and a minor daughter, Jenny. However, his family is not as happy as outsiders see. His wife has a successful career and has owned a real estate company of his own, but he has not achieved any success at work. He has been working for an advertising company for 14 years. He is...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Chevy Chase, Jeff Daniels and Tom Hanks were all candidates to play Leicester.
    Kirsten Dunst was invited to play Angela in the film, but she refused.
    Terry Gilliam refused to direct the film.
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    Evaluation action

    Although the tone of the whole film is not black and white, it is obscure. "The world is so beautiful, it should be calmly appreciated", the last words of the protagonist Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacy) before his death inspired people to look at the world around them from a new perspective. Such a philosophical ending not only makes the audience full of sadness at the departure of Leicester Burnham, but also creates new thinking about...
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    Movie quotes

    • Lester Burnham: I am sick and tired of being treated like I don't exist. You two do whatever you want, whenever you want to do it, and I don't complain.

      Carolyn Burnham: Oh, you don't complain? Then please, excuse me, I must be psychotic, then! If you don't complain, what is this? Yeah, let's bring in the laugh-meter and see how loud it gets.

      Lester Burnham: [Lester throws the asparagus plate at the wall] Don't interrupt me, honey!

      Lester Burnham: [sits back down to eat] Oh, yeah, and one more thing, from now on we're going to have alternate dinner music because frankly - and I don't think I'm alone here...

      [looks in Jane's direction]

      Lester Burnham: I'm tired of this Lawrence Welk shit!

    • Angela Hayes: Go fuck yourself, psycho!

    • Sale House Woman #5: I mean, I think 'lagoon', I think 'waterfall', I think 'tropical'. This is a cement... hole.

      Carolyn Burnham: Er... I have some tiki torches in the garage...