Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a middle aged man suffering from a mid-life crisis. He has an epiphany when he lays his eyes on one of his daughter Jane's friends. Woken from his suburban coma, he takes it upon himself to make a few changes -- like quitting his job and buying the car of his dreams. His wife, Carolyn (
Annette Bening), is a frustrated control freak who is only maddened by his escalating freedom, and his daughter (
Thora Birch) just plain hates him. His wife's reaction to the situation is to fall in the arms of a colleague (
Peter Gallagher).
The chaos in the neighborhood becomes more complicated with the arrival of an equally dysfunctional family consisting of a stern ex-Marine, his vacuous wife and their detached, drug-dealing son Ricky, who becomes involved with Jane.
Received eight Academy Award nominations, winning five: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Director,
Best Cinematography and Best Original Screenplay.
I thought this movie was fascinating yet painful to watch because we all have problems we try to hide and yet you feel so sorry for Lester. He was a really nice guy who couldn`t figure out how his family life became so dysfunctional. His wife was stupid not to see him blossoming into a very sexy and exciting man instead of the shallow person he once was. Stupid bitch!
annette bening est magnifique dans le film "valmont". Un français du sud de la france