Movie-A-Day #70: American Beauty (1999).

Thora Birch turns 29 today. Along with Mena Suvari and Wes Bentley, she explored dark side of teenage suburbia in “American Beauty.” But aside from this movie and 2001’s “Ghost World,” Birch’s career has been kind of spotty, filled with either bit parts in feature films or lead roles in Lifetime movies. Here’s hoping she can engineer a career resurgence soon.