American Beauty (1999)

Maybe the most aggressively pretentious movie I've ever seen. Heavy-handed, trite, and filled with one maudlin cliché after another. — A

Aside from Kevin Spacey's performance (he was brilliant), the movie stunk like a skunk in an outhouse. I was so mad afterward. I felt so let down and disgusted that the filmmakers decided to portray pedophilia as an okay thing. — American Beauty All the Way

The worst film to ever take home Best Picture. 1999 was the year of Fight Club. It also has to be seen as when Kevin Spacey began a downward slide, and he has never recovered. — Alex