This movie is a little baffling. It looks incredibly expensive with polished CGI and/or practical effects, a great cast and impressive set designs. The problem is the script. It somehow feels overwritten and underdeveloped at the same time. Its like it's a mini series cramed into a 2 hour movie. I just heard it based off of a novel. It all makes sense now. Still, it looks great but the delivery's been a bit mishandled.
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American Beauty 1999
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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American Beauty is a film I know almost nothing about. In Fact, the reason I'm watching it is that I Googled "most popular romance movies," and this was one of the top results. I've recently become aware that there are some classic Family Guy scenes that parody the movie; the one where Peter follows a plastic bag in the wind and the one where he falls in love with a high school kid. What am I getting myself…
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