American Beauty is a 1999 american drama film directed by Sam Mendes. The first half of the film confused me a bit. I tried to understand and interpret the relation of the movie’s title to what is happening in the lives of the characters. Everyone has their own world; own hidden desires; own hidden fantasies. They seemed like they want to hide something but has the thought of shouting all their hearts out. They all want to escape as if their own little live’s are big imprisonments.
The entirety of the film projects loneliness and anger. But despite of all the negative things happening around the characters’ lives, there is beauty underlying where you least expect it.