American Beauty

"A script as fresh and distinctive as any produced in the States in recent memory."

"If you don't share the film's piercing vision of what really matters, someday you will."

"A triumph of acting, writing and directing that defies glib description...the kind of artful defiance that Hollywood is usually too timid to deliver: a jolting comedy that makes you laugh till it hurts."

"Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham."

"A blood-chilling dark comedy with unexpected moments of both fury and warmth, a strange, brooding and very accomplished film that sets us back on our heels from its opening frames."

"An incisive, deliriously funny and profound vision of the American Dream hitting meltdown."