Rated: R: For strong sexuality, language,violence and drug content
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Peter Gallagher,Chris Cooper and Scott Bakula.
Written by: Alan Ball I.
Directed By: Sam Mendes
Produced by: Jinks/Cohen Company
Distributed by: DreamWorks SKG
This Excellent shot film about suburbian life will shock and amaze you as well as make you think.
The Winner for "Best Picture"of 1999 and other Oscars.
This movie about the harsh life of reality is actually an exagerated look at it. Using amazing camera work the story of a husband (Spacey at his best) in suburbia who has the most boring life,That's until he meets his daughter's friend, soon he is dreaming of her, like any male would (If gotten the chance). His daughter on the other hand doesn't like what he does when she brings a friend of her's to her house. His wife(Bening)is a Realtor having trouble with the competition. The house next to theirs is sold to a military family,man of the house was in the military, son might have. This isn't the only exageration to the left of the Burnham (Spacey and Bening and Birch) house is a home owned by a gay couple (Bakula as Jim). The young man of the Military home (Bentley) is addicted to voyeurism, with his digital camera he shoots pictures of Jane (Birch). Jane first thinks he's a jerk. when Jim and his partner welcome the military family home to the neighborhood the Colonel Fitts (Cooper)says several homophobic comments about them and so does ricky (Bentley). Just this run down makes up for telling you more and giving this great movie away. There are several mentions of homophobic dialogue as well as mentions of Masturbating. Shots of nudity, and sexy dancing. I would consider this movie a Hard R Rating. There are captivating scenes with surreal elements (Rainstorm on drive-way and the look of the suburban neighborhood). As I said in the begining this is an exagerated look at reality. I give this movie a 10/10 for excellent characters, scenes, and choreography. 100%/100% good camera work, colors, some nudity is censored in some shots others no censoring.