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(1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1   5/5 "Les recomiendo leer entre líneas, la realidad mostrada es devastadora, demasiado "bella" y "ordinaria" para algunos..."   Cinenganos   Alex Ramirez "Shrouded in ugliness despite brilliant performances by Bening and Spacey."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 10/10 "an explanation of why I love the movies so much. "   NutzWorld   Blake French 4.5/5 "This is a rare and outstanding film that deserves attention and will challenge some heady competition for a place as the best film of the year."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "The language is brutal and lyrical."   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs 3.5/4 "The movie is an impressive achievement, yes, but not always a deep and effective one."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "There are times when American Beauty feels like it might be toppling over into melodrama, but Mendes grabs the reins and reels his actors in, generating power and a lot of perspiration in the process."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth B+ "I somehow liked the film more than I probably should have."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 5/10 "As the world changed in the past five years, so did the relevance of American Beauty."   Draxblog Movie Reviews   Dragan Antulov 4/4 "American Beauty is a devastating motion picture of unconceivable power."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2.5/4 "It's daring in that it sympathizes with a protagonist who's a pederast though its portrait of an American family on the brink of collapse is essentially a cartoon"   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez A "Compelling to watch, full of black humor, evocative imagery and wrenching sadness."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider A "The dark, deeply ironic ending, though given away by our narrator in the first few minutes of the movie, stays with you for weeks after it's all over."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "It may take several viewings of this extraordinary film to mine all of its spiritual riches."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "Mendes can stake a claim alongside the likes of Kubrick and Egoyan as one whose cinematic vision both challenges and entertains."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "a visually extravagant, entrancingly dark comedy about how people fall apart and build walls of angst between each other"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/5 "There's so much right -- and so much wrong -- with this lauded, scathing look at suburban discontent."   Netflix   James Rocchi 10/10 "Marvelous filmmaking on every level."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "One of the best films of the year."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 8/10 "Original in story, interesting in premise, acted sharply by its well-rounded cast, directed in a manner made all the more absorbing, and edgy and humorous enough to keep me going."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3.5/4 "Recently, Happiness and Election have taken pot shots at suburban morals and ethics, but none has hit so close to the bone and so on-target as American Beauty."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 9/10 "funny, thoughtful, sardonic, poignant, provocative, horrifying, and utterly satisfying."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 3.5/4 "Belleza Americana es el espejo de una sociedad que ha querido vivir engañada durante décadas y que ahora comienza a despertar a la realidad"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3/5 "If you enjoy "films" then rush right out. Otherwise put it on your "must rent" list."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 4/4 "One of the year's very best pictures."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 10/10 "Subtle and complex."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3.5/4 "There are six main characters and another half-dozen smaller parts in American Beauty. All of them are well written and well acted."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 9/10 "I think Lester Burnham is destined to become an iconic American character, one with a life well beyond the film that spawned him."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "Wildly funny and unpredictable."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3/5 "Teens are likely to consider this movie profound in the way that their parents considered "The Graduate" profound."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "A história é uma pequena metralhadora giratória que não se preocupa em poupar alguns dos mais arraigados valores do american way of life."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "From the opening moment we know we're in the hands of gifted, assured, focussed filmmakers."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 5/5 "An elusive and allusive work of art that won't be pinned down easily."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 3/4 "It's a black comedy that's supposed to be about the hollowness of the American dream, but in fact ... it reveals the moral and intellectual bankruptsy of Hollywood."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten A "This is what movies are all about."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 5/5 "The world's most honest sitcom."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg F "There is beauty to which this movie is stone cold blind: beauty it tramples on as ignorantly as Buddy Kane or Col. Fitts."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 10/10 "Amazing."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger 2/4 "It's like Norman Bates getting good advice from Mother."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 "An incisive if over-the-top take on familial dysfunction."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1