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				American Beauty (1999),
				Director: Sam Mendes, rated R strong sexuality, 
				nudity, language, violence 
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				  Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Mena 
				Suvari, Wes Bentley, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher, Chris 
				Cooper 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★★★ 
				- perfect 
				"I feel like I've been in a 
				coma for the past twenty years. And I'm just now waking up." – 
				Lester Burnham 
				Why watch this? It's such a uniquely American tragedy, both beautiful and brutally 
				painful. 
				Plot Summary: 
				Lester Burnham is a man slogging through a suburban marriage, 
				and a midlife crisis, who becomes infatuated with his daughter's 
				best friend. This sexual obsession leads him to question and 
				significantly change his life, including his career and his 
				relationships. These changes are a bit too radical for his wife 
				to handle.  Dad's Preview: 
				This film takes a critical look at the American way of life, and 
				how the insatiable quest for material happiness can screw people 
				up. We have a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis. His 
				tightly wound wife is losing her mind, and having an affair, too. Their 
				teenage daughter desperately just wants 
				to be seen. Their neighbor is a hard-ass ex-military man, who's 
				hell-bent on toughing up his sensitive son. Mix this all together, and the 
				result is a cinematic climax you won't soon forget.  
						 Jinks/Cohen Company; DreamWorks Pictures
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