FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
American Beauty
Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer87%as of 2022-11-29
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.2/10as of 2021-09-04
- Metacritic84/100as of 2025-06-16
What it is
American Beauty is a 1999 American black comedy and psychological drama film directed by Sam Mendes in his feature-film directorial debut, and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who experiences a midlife crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter’s teenage best friend, played by Mena Suvari.
At a glance
- Genres
- Comedy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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