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American Beauty takes an honest and daring look at the dysfunctional Amercan family and suceeds. As crude as reality is, Beauty, does a beautiful job telling it like it is. The entire cast turns in phenomenal performances with Spacey as Lester Burnham, the middle-aged dad who has a mid-life crisis and begins acting like he's 16 again, smoking pot and listening to Led Zepplin in the garage. Bening is the control freak miserable wife and Birch plays the confused teenage daughter. Suvari is the sex-pot best friend of Birch who Spacey lusts after. Wes Bentley plays the eerily calm drug dealer next door who Birch falls for. In the end, this often shocking story turns out to be the beautifully told tale of sad souls trying to make sense of it all. Add the visually stimulating cinematography, and Beauty is by far one of the best films of the year.
Three Kings
First off, let me preface this by saying, I hate war movies. But, Kings is not your typical war movie. The setting is the end of the Persian Gulf War, the troops are partying and not sure what they've just accomplished. Three soldiers, Clooney, Wahlberg and Ice Cube get their hands on a map showing where Saddam's stolen gold is hidden, and then the real fun begins. Of course the plan to get the loot goes awry and the three find themselves helping Iraqi rebels make their way safely into Iran. The film's center is the dark humor that shows the reality of war but in essence the story is a nail-biting ride with great performances from a top-notch cast. Clooney doubters will eat their words after seeing his performance here, although he proved himself in "Out of Sight." Wahlberg is excellent as always along with Ice Cube and Spike Jonze. Director David O. Russell who also brought us the very funny dark comedy "Flirting with Disaster" has done it again, with "Three Kings" which will surely be an oscar contender. |
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