The Rules of Attraction
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- Synopsis
- Based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, 'Rules' marks the death of the mindless teen movie as you know it. Over the course of one semester at a small New England college, three students lustily pursue one another, but never quite connect, giving ......
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- Director(s)
- Roger Avary
- Distributor(s)
- Lions Gate Films
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min.
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Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
The cast is a pitch-perfect assemblage of pretty young things, but James Van Der Beek, as a slit-eyed dorm stud, proves that he can be an actor of cruel force.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites
Propelled by a fine Tomandandy score and a savvy assortment of seductive new-wave hits, Attraction is top-notch trash, a guilty pleasure designed for the decadent 14-year-old in everyone.Read the full review
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites
Rules needs that dose of hilarity. Ellis' satire, filtered through Avary's harsh lens, is hard to stomach, harder to ignore.Read the full review
