 According to the reviewer of "American Beauty," the protagonist Lester has mostly lost _____.
Early in American Beauty , Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey), a weary reporter for a media magazine, masturbates in the shower while informing us in voice-over that we're witnessing the highlight of his day. Apparently, Lester doesn't realize that snipped roses are garden-variety symbols of castration, or he'd know what he has lost. But the makers of American Beauty are about to give Lester his roses back. Ambient noise falls away, the crowd disappears, and there she is, Lester's angel, writhing in slow motion--just for him. A merican Beauty is so wittily written and gorgeously directed that you might think you're seeing something archetypal--maybe even the Great American Movie.
 His manhood
 His manhood  His sex drive  His family  His sanity