Film Analysis: American Beauty

1301 Words6 Pages

A clandestine affair with a married man is a sinewy phenomenon, and it is here to stay. It’s a truth that when a single woman or even the married ones sees a moderately attractive male, they are more interested in him if they believe he is already in a relationship or are already in a nuptial bond! In fact, one sizable study found 90 percent of single women are interested in a man who they believe was taken, while a mere 59 percent wanted him when told he was single. Sounds intriguing but it’s a fact of life that females get attracted to married men very fast at least as par the statistics.
For example Christina, a young, attractive, smart, successful woman from a major metropolitan area. She professed marriage and kids desperately. So why …show more content…

Hollywood movie American Beauty, though it falls under genre Comedy as we laugh at the absurdity of the hero's problems. Ignored by his wife and daughter at forty Lester Burnham played by Kevin Spacey falls hopelessly in love with his daughter’s friend a young teen, Angela Hayes played by Mena Suvari. The movie is about yearning after youth, respect, power and, of course, beauty. Lester's thoughts about Angela are impure, but not perverted; he wants to do what men are programmed to do, with the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. Angela is not Lester's highway to bliss, but she is at least a catalyst for his freedom. It is not uncommon to come across married men having a relationship with another woman. Perhaps it has been happening in the past also and will continue to happen in future …show more content…

It may start as a breathtaking romance, but be careful with the outcome which may result in emotional damage, scandalous divorce and a devastated family. Make sure you are ready to take the responsibility for all these factors. And by the way, there is no guarantee that suchlike relationships will last long. If you have just started dating a married man you may neglect all the drawbacks as you’re totally in love with him and feel as happy as you have never been before. It happens and it’s quite natural one cannot deny because of the strong feelings