If you loved 20th Century Women, try American Beauty
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to 20th Century Women, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What American Beauty is
Suburban lawn, autumn, a tossed football. A husband and wife tolerate each other, their teenage daughter hates them both. Mendes frames the suffocating facade of middle class life.

