@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-28 06:00 UTC
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, American Beauty.
1999 · Drama
American Beauty
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED17%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED23%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 SALT SHAKES LOGGED
TOTAL LEDGER ENTRIES FOR THIS TITLE · 0 · LIVE
— WHERE TO WATCH
🔥 The Devil Tomato is sniffing out streaming services…
ICE COLD · STRUCTURALLY PERFECT
ICE COLD · 0–20%
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
No synopsis available. Probably for the best.
— THE CRITIC'S ROAST
🚬 LIGHTING A CIGAR OFF THE SCREENPLAY…
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— THE DOSSIER
RELEASE DATE
1999
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Drama
PLOT SUMMARY
Synopsis withheld out of mercy.
STARRING CAST
Cast information unavailable.
— SUBMIT A ROAST
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@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-29 16:00 UTC
Watched American Beauty so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-15 04:00 UTC
American Beauty: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.
@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-07 16:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, American Beauty would settle the national debt.
— FROM THE WILD
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.5k points
Unpopular opinion: American Beauty is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of American Beauty and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
💬 1,078 COMMENTS·SIMULATED THREAD
r/TrueFilm · u/ExpositionDump🔥 3.3k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in American Beauty?
Honestly, American Beauty would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
💬 1,442 COMMENTS·SIMULATED THREAD
r/boxoffice · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 3.9k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in American Beauty actually is?
Rewatched American Beauty last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/boxoffice · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 1.3k points
Hot Take: American Beauty's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Director clearly thought American Beauty was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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