American Beauty: Beautiful Filmmaking

The 1999 Oscar Best Picture winner, American Beauty stars Kevin Spacey(The Usual Suspects) as a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis who becomes infatuated with his daughter's friend, thus causing him to try and turn his life around. Directed by Sam Mendes(Skyfall) who has been a consistent director ever since this film. With "Beauty" in the name it would be expected that the camera work would be stellar which it is, capturing everything possible. I believe it is the message this film has on society, family, and life that truly pushes it past a lot of movies. Kevin Spacey is in nearly every scene and he is the lone man I wound want for this role, from his classic narrating to his onscreen depression, you feel for him. Wes Bentley(The Hunger Games) has a role in the movie as well and is certainly overlooked often. Mendes captures elegance, awe, spectacle, and deep thought in this masterpiece. 

9/10