Near the end of the Clinton administration, seven months after he’d been found not guilty by the U.S. Senate, a movie titled American Beauty was released to tremendous acclaim. It was, by most measurable standards, the premier film of 1999: It won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. It dominated the Golden Globes and the British Academy Film Awards. It made $350 million at the box office and was praised by every kind of critic, including Bill Clinton (who found it slightly “disturbing” but mostly “amazing”). Those accolades are startling for two reasons.
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ITS SO BAD
