AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999) ****
(focus on middle-class crisis)
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A dark comedy of suburban America where ordinary people try to realize their dreams and deny their fears. Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) faces twenty years of feeling sedated. His wife, Carolyn (Annette Bening) fears being a victim, while their daughter Janie fears being ignored. Her best friend Angela cannot cope with being ordinary. The new neighbor, Colonel Fitts fears homosexuality as much as his son Ricky fears fear itself. How does it end? Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor, Director (Sam Mendes). Rated R (120 min.) mike laib 2010.
American Beauty at the Forum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/