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I found American-Beauty to be an interesting and captivating film. I was some what restless at times during the first half however. I think that this is a great movie but not a masterpiece or a classic. Still, we can pay attention to the smaller things.
The beauty that is found in something or someone can be a very difficult thing to describe. The dictionary definition reads: "Beauty- the combination of qualities that make something pleasing and impressive to listen to or touch, or especially to look at". In the film American Beauty a different type of beauty is illustrated. Beauty is not simply defined by visual means. The effortlessness of beauty and the intense feeling that a person gets at the sight of it are given as guidelines to realizing the beauty found in usually unbeautiful things.
This film basically focuses on two families whose lives have become unbearable. Both families are lonely, frustrated and for the most part very unhappy. They have been tricked into......

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