Many baby boomers can relate to Lester Burnham is this film.  Have our lives passed us by?  Have we become too complacent and ready to accept what there is rather than what there can be?

Kevin Spacey was presented with the Academy Award for his performance as Lester.  The film also received the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography Academy Awards in 1999.  Cinematographer Conrad L. Hall beautifully captured the lyrical image of a plastic bag caught in the wind.