American Beauty

Reviewed by: JudithatHome

October 10, 1999

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I saw American Beauty yesterday and really liked it. Someone said they didn't believe people talked like that to each other in suburbia; thirty-six years ago when I was a young suburbanite housewife, my neighbors across the street could've been Lester and his wife. It was a rude shock to me being only 18 and newly married. But I think far too many people like that exist to this day and they are out there behind the rose bushes and picket fences, leading really sad lives.