Comparison Between American Beauty And The Godfather

Movies come out every year and not one will every film critic will agree if a movies is good or not. Even from the 1972 film The Godfather, which is considered by most the best film of all time, but even The Godfather will get a negative review. For me though, the 1999 film American Beauty is a perfect film, that won best picture at the Oscars that year, and for most critics gave it positive reviews but it did get negative reviews but why is that? By comparing three negative reviews of the movie American Beauty to see the comparisons of their disdain for the film that was otherwise loved by film critics. If you have not seen American Beauty, you at least need to know the outline for the film. American Beauty stars Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham who is a sexually frustrated suburban father who is having mid-life crisis. Lester is falling out of live with his very career oriented wife and is not respected by his daughter Jane, and Lester becomes infatuated with Janes best friend Angela. Meanwhile Jane develops a friendship with
Boyar starts off stating that most critics are giving it more than generous reviews and even points out that “even the usually reliable David Denby of The New Yorker seems to have popped his cork, proclaiming it ``by far the strongest American film of the year.'' He then continues saying that “their attacks on real-estate agents, corporate America and suburbia aren't so much shooting fish in a barrel as they are shooting fish in a shallow dish.” Boyar continues by actually giving up an important plot point in his review by saying why in every movies is the most antigay person end up gay. He also says “At its simplest level, American Beauty is the story of Lester’s attempt to find meaning and excitement in his life. This isn’t a bad premise for a satire, I only