1999 Movie
Out of catalog
Dir. Sam Mendes · United States of America · English
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Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
"The script sets up the action part of the movie with an interminably laborious and close-fitting literalness that hardly lets any of the actors breathe."
— Richard Brody
"Viewers who can't get enough of Galifianakis or Hamm will enjoy seeing the two spar onscreen, delivering in spades the unexpected phrasing and smoldering smirks each actor does so well."
— Jude Dry
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