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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
re: teenagers in american beauty
http://ew.com/article/1999/09/28/sur...-american-pie/
there's more links but super-tired at the moment
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here's a revisit at 15 that puts things into context
http://ew.com/article/2014/09/15/ame...h-anniversary/
funny thing she talks about the 10,000 babies because alan ball got that phrase from an actual teenage girl
anyway i agree with some things and disagree with others in that conversation, but would support the conclusion that it's "a classic, not a masterpiece". details aside, or who likes what/approves of what, seems about right. |
Ok. Sure. I still think the teenage dialogue is flat and just plain "off" and trying too hard to be "on" even if it had the right direction. But it's definitely way better than freaking American Pie.
Yeah, classic, non-masterpiece.