American Beauty

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."Read Full Review »

Spacey, an actor who embodies intelligence in his eyes and voice, is the right choice for Lester Burnham.Read Full Review »

Spacey is diamond-brilliant in a role that plays as if custom-made for him.Read Full Review »

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.Read Full Review »

Hilarious, painful and brutally frank.Read Full Review »

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.Read Full Review »

If you don't share the film's piercing vision of what really matters, someday you will.Read Full Review »

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.Read Full Review »

Kevin Spacey (gives) a truly great performance.Read Full Review »

Mendes nonetheless works this screenplay like a jazz virtuoso plays with a familiar theme such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb."Read Full Review »