American Beauty

Recently watched Sam Mendes 1999 film, 'American Beauty'. Each character in the film accurately reflects a slice of America - with its beauty and hope as well as its desolation, anger, sadness, loneliness, and frustration. Lester Burnham, an unsuccessful person in his professional and personal life both as husband and father, Jane, his teenage daughter who abhors her parents and is saving for breast implantation, Carolyn, his wife who has very superficial idea of success and happiness, Angela, Jane's friend who Lester began to fantasize symbolises an American teenage girl who need to fake about her sexual adventures to make her appear coool, Jane's boyfriend Ricky who appears to be psycho as the one who is excessively capturing everything in camera to capture its beauty and Rick's father Frank who is strict disciplinarian. Each character is brought to life and the motif of rose is used throughout intelligently. The movie truly depict hollowness as well as beauty in American life. Do watch.