 Currently , the film holds an 88 % score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 180 reviews , with an average rating of 8 @.@ 2 / 10 ; the critical consensus reads , " Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark , acid wit , American Beauty is a smart , provocative high point of late ' 90s mainstream Hollywood film . " Metacritic gives the film a score of 86 , based on 33 reviews , indicating " universal acclaim . " 
 Currently , the film <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>holds</mark></a> an 88 % score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 180 reviews , with an average rating of 8 @.@ 2 / 10 ; the critical consensus <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>reads</mark></a> , " Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark , acid wit , American Beauty is a smart , provocative high point of late ' 90s mainstream Hollywood film . " Metacritic <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>gives</mark></a> the film a score of 86 , based on 33 reviews , indicating " universal acclaim . " 
Currently , da film hold an 88 % score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 180 reviews , witt an average rating of 8 @.@ 2 / 10 ; the critical consensus read , " Flawlessly cast and brimming with dark , acid wit , American Beauty is a smart , provocative high point of late ' 90s mainstream Hollywood film . " Metacritic give tdafilm a score of 86 , based on 33 reviews , indicating " universal acclaim . "