American Beauty
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a gainfully employed suburban husband and father. Fed up with his boring, stagnant existence, he quits his job and decides to reinvent himself as a pot-smoking, responsibility-shirking teenager. What follows is at once cynical, hysterical, and, eventually, tragically uplifting.
Annette Bening
Kevin Spacey
Thora Birch
Wes Bentley
Mena Suvari
Allison Janney
Chris Cooper
Peter Gallagher
Sam Mendes
Producer:
Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Written by:
Alan Ball
Distributor:
Dreamworks Pictures
$15 million
Box Office:
$356.3 million
Awards:
Academy Awards - Best Picture (Won)
Academy Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Won)
Academy Awards - Best Director (Won)
Academy Awards - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Won)
Academy Awards - Best Cinematography (Won)
Academy Awards - Best Actress in a Leading Role (Nominated)
Academy Awards - Best Film Editing (Nominated)
Academy Awards - Best Music, Original Score (Nominated)
Golden Globes - Best Motion Picture - Drama (Won)
Golden Globes - Best Director - Motion Picture (Won)
Golden Globes - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Won)
Golden Globes - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Nominated)
Golden Globes - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Nominated)
Golden Globes - Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Nominated)
BAFTA Awards - Best Film (Won)
Grammy Awards - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media (Won)
Metacritic Score:
86
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
88%