The boys kick off Oscars Month by travelling to the suburbs to reassess the film that dominated the 1999 Oscars, American Beauty. Did the film deserve all the accolades it received? Is it half as clever as it thinks it is? Could Wes Bentley have played The Riddler? Listen to find out.

The boys kick off Oscars Month by travelling to the suburbs to reassess the film that dominated the 1999 Oscars, American Beauty. Did the film deserve all the accolades it received? Is it half as clever as it thinks it is? Could Wes Bentley have played The Riddler? Listen to find out.

American Beauty (1999)

Chris Hall and Mateo Javier Acosta revisit films of recent memory whose discourses were left unsettled—where the conversation ended with an ellipsis rather than a period. These are films with reputations that have yet to be properly nailed down and often make you ask, “Where are they now?” The first halves of episodes are spoiler-free discussions of the film’s life cycle since release and everyone's experiences with the film before rewatching it and moving into the spoiler-filled deep dive in the second half.

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American Beauty (1999)

American Beauty (1999)