American Beauty
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A darkly comic, philosophically ambitious dissection of suburban malaise and self-deception that uses satire and voyeurism to examine desire, identity, and the search for authenticity.
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.
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