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“American Beauty” starts off from a video camera point of view showing a girl lying down on a bed, as the movie goes on you find out later that it’s the main character’s daughter Jane. She is talking about how her dad acts around her friends and how she is embarrassed of the way he looks at them. She mentions how she would like her dad to be dead and then a man’s voice asks Jane if she would like him to kill her father. She says yes. The next scene is an overview of a normal suburban neighborhood. The narrator of the story introduces himself as Lester Burnham, an average guy in suburbia whose life has become completely unfulfilled. Director Sam Mendes shows insight into the main characters one at a time. The main character, played brilliantly by Kevin Spacey, is shown masturbating in the shower and comically adds that this moment is the high point of his day. Annette Bening plays Car