i, too, saw american beauty last nite...and i, too, picked up the salingeresque tone of the entire film...i almost saw a little holden caulfield in kevin spacey's character...but instead of coping with adolescence, he was coping with a midlife crisis...and instead of wanting to protect children, he wanted to sleep with some of the more attractive ones... i also enjoyed the wonderul color imagery (especially red) that was present throught the entire movie... i'd love to hear what all the rest of you guys have to say about the movie...it was quite good... ...andrew