Critic Reviews
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100
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham.
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
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.
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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
A wonder of a film -- a luminous, beautifully executed drama that gathers the best cast of the year -- the best American film of the year.
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100
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USA Today Mike Clark
A singular accomplishment so specifically keyed to Spacey's talents that it mandates going out on a limb to say it contains the performance that will ultimately be regarded as "the one."
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100
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Boston Globe Jay Carr
Spacey is diamond-brilliant in a role that plays as if custom-made for him.
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New York Daily News Jami Bernard
A tart, funny and tremendously sobering movie about the deepest recesses of personal unhappiness.
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New York Post
A flat-out masterpiece, surely the best movie of the year; indeed, an all-time classic.
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100
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Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday
A movie that will endure.
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90
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
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.
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83
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
You know you're in the hands of a true filmmaker when you feel invited, at every turn, to share his sense of entrancement. I got that feeling in just about every frame of American Beauty.
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75
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Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Mendes nonetheless works this screenplay like a jazz virtuoso plays with a familiar theme such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
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